Pou de Glaç de Canyamars
Photo: enguany from Barcelona, Catalonia, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Used to make ice and store it. Construction from the 17th-18th centuries. In the southern part, there are two brick arches, which are assumed to have been the supports for the ramp that connected the well with a pond located further up. From this pond, when the water froze, blocks of ice were sent down to the well. Inside the well, layers of ice and straw were created to preserve it until summer, the time of year when it was commercialized.
The Pou de Glaç is situated on the outskirts of Canyamars within the municipality of Dosrius, Catalonia, Spain. It was used to store ice transported from the Pyrenees during the winter. This was then made available to the local inhabitants during the summer. The Pou de Glaç was recently bought by the Ayuntamiento de Dosrius.
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