Canal du Midi in Languedoc-Roussillon

Canal du midi
11120 Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude

The Pont Neuf du Canal du Midi, located in Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude (Aude), is an 18th-century art work integrated into this UNESCO World Heritage Canal. Built in 1771, it spans the canal on departmental road 607, illustrating the hydraulic engineering of the time.

11700 Azille

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

Canal du midi
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.

Canal du midi
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.

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.

Canal du midi
34500 Béziers

The Fonserane locks, a nine-door staircase and eight 17th-century ovoid basins in Béziers, are a masterpiece of the civil engineering of the Canal du Midi, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Canal du midi
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.

Canal du midi
11400 Castelnaudary

The quadruple Saint-Roch lock, on the Canal du Midi in Castelnaudary (Occitanie), is a set of four 17th century stone oval locks, inscribed in historical monuments since 1996.