The viewpoint
All four directions.
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The Torre Tanque is a Tudor-style water tower on the highest point of Mar del Plata, the Loma de Stella Maris, and a symbol of the arrival of running water in the city. Designed by the architect Cornelio Lange after a 1939 competition, it opened on 30 January 1943 and became a National Historic Monument in 2013. The tower is 40.75 metres tall, so with the hill its top stands 88 metres above sea level; its tank holds 500,000 litres, with far larger reserves at its foot. Visitors climb 194 steps or take the lift to a viewpoint looking out in all four directions over the city, the coast and the port, staff from the water company explain how it works, and an outdoor walkway displays old cast-iron valves. It opens on weekdays and Saturday afternoons, and entry is free on Wednesdays.
All four directions.
Since 1943.
Old cast iron.
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