The flower and cream of high society

There was a time when, once the heat had arrived, the cream of the Barcelona bourgeoisie would stroll along Carrer de Campoamor. It was partly due to the yellow fever epidemic of 1870: the rich families decided to leave the city and set up home in this street, at first only in summer and later permanently. Walking there today lets you relive a small reminder of its golden past. The magnificent Modernista houses in pastel tones, the fountain, the vintage street lights, the parish church of Sant Joan and the courtyards, together made up a very prominent residential centre the like of which had never been seen in Horta.

The water tower

Just behind the fountain, at number 35, you can see the Campoamor Tower, which was built to hold the water that supplied the area. The water came from the Can Cortada Well, one of the many water wells that operated in Horta.