Canal du Midi in Languedoc-Roussillon

11000 Carcassonne

The Canal du Midi, built in the 17th century in Carcassonne, is a major river works linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, designed by engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet under Louis XIV.

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11590 Sallèles-d'Aude

Gailhousty, built in the 3rd quarter of the 18th century in Sallèles-d'Aude, is a monumental hydraulic structure of the Canal du Midi, designed to regulate the floods of the Aude and protect the canal. This imposing building, with 15 valves, illustrates the hydraulic engineering of the time and bears the arms of Archbishop Arthur Richard Dillon, President of the States of Languedoc.

Aqueduc
34440 Colombiers

The tunnel-aqueduct of Colombiers and Montady, built in the Middle Ages, is a remarkable hydraulic structure located in Occitanie, designed to drain the local pond.

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34210 Olonzac

The locks of Ognon, on the Canal du Midi in Olonzac (Occitanie), are a set of double locks and a bridge-aqueduct dating from the 17th to the 19th century, inscribed as historical monuments.

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34310 Capestang

The Epanchoir du Fer de Mulet, a 17th century hydraulic structure, is part of the Canal du Midi in Capestang, Occitanie. It illustrates the engineering of this period for water management.

11400 Mas-Saintes-Puelles

The Canal du Midi, a 17th century hydraulic masterpiece located in Occitanie, links Toulouse to the Mediterranean. Ranked at UNESCO, this 241 km canal, designed by Pierre-Paul Riquet, revolutionized river transport under Louis XIV.

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11800 Trèbes

The canal bridge of the Orbiel, built at the end of the 17th century in Trèbes, is an aqueduct of the Canal du Midi crossing the river Orbiel. Ranked a historic monument in 1950, it illustrates the hydraulic engineering of Vauban.

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11120 Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude

The hamlet of Somail, located on the Canal du Midi in Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude (Occitanie), is an 18th-century historical complex illustrating the architecture of river navigation, with a listed bridge, chapel, cooler and inn.