Europes largest thermometer has since been renovated, travel back when Barcelona dominated the largest thermometer race
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Gps Coordinates / 41.386656,2.1717684
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Avinguda del Portal de l'Àngel, 40, 42, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
Designed by Rolando Cottet and was installed in 1955, but would not be operational until February 25, 1956. Son of the optician’s founder, Roland Cottet, decided to put up a giant thermometer to announce his shop on Portal de l'Àngel.
Huge thermometer on a building in Avenida Portal de L' Angel, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Gps Coordinates / 41.3866266,2.1718078
The project was carried out by the architect Pedro Ricard Biot. This thermometer was inspired by a similar luminous thermometer in Copenhagen.
Huge thermometer on a building in Avenida Portal de L' Angel, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 41.386536 / Gps Link 41.3866723 / Gps Link 41.3864511
Gps Coordinates / 41.386536,2.1719296 / 41.3866723,2.1717712 / 41.3864511,2.1720452
It was customary in the fifties to boast about "new technologies" in public spaces.
The thermometer is placed 4 meters above the ground and rises up to 24 meters . The device weighs two tons.
The thermal range of the thermometer goes from 5 degrees below zero to 40 degrees Celsius.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 41.3864324 / Gps Link 41.3864994 / Gps Link 41.3866551
Gps Coordinates / 41.3864324,2.1719907 / 41.3864994,2.171903 / 41.3866551,2.1717219
The Can Cottet thermometer has undergone some remodeling, but always trying to maintain the original external appearance. In 1998 it was renovated, taking advantage of the rehabilitation of the facade of the building. In 2009, its neon tubes were replaced by low-power led lamps. The measuring instrument was designed by Rolando Cottet and was installed in 1955 now appears to be renovated with a cover-sheet in 2020, has Barcelonas domination over the Giant Thermometer race dominance come to an end?
