Channels, aqueducts, locks, gazes classified in the Rhône-Alpes

Aqueduc gallo-romain
69130 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune

The Brévenne Waterway, built under the Roman Empire, is an ancient 70 km building feeding Lugdunum (Lyon) from the Lyon mountains. His remains, including the siphon of the Mussues, are protected in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune.

69110 Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon

The canal of the road of Narcel, Gallo-Roman vestige of the second century in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, is part of the 85 km network feeding Lugdunum. Its square piles in crosslinked bellows illustrate Roman engineering in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

42800 Tartaras

The former Givors Canal, built between 1763 and 1780 in Tartaras (Loire), was a major riverway linking the Loire to the Rhône, now partially buried under the A47 motorway.

Aqueduc
69440 Mornant

The Gier in Mornant, Gallo-Roman vestige of the 2nd century, is a section of the longest ancient aqueduct of Lyon (85 km), classified as Historical Monument. Located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, it illustrates Roman engineering for water supply to Lugdunum.

Aqueduc
69630 Chaponost

The Gagere's lake, a Gallo-Roman vestige located in Chaponost near Lyon, bears witness to an ancient hydraulic system using a siphon to cross a valley.

Aqueduc
69440 Saint-Didier-sous-Riverie

The Grand Bozançon aqueduct bridge, located in Saint-Didier-sous-Riverie in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, is an emblematic hydraulic structure of this region. Its exact construction period remains undetermined.

69700 Givors

The old Givors Canal, built between 1763 and 1839, connected Givors to Rive-de-Gier via 29 locks and 5 water bridges. This 18th-century industrial monument, now partially destroyed, illustrates the rhônalpine river engineering for the transport of coal and goods.

Canal
42800 Rive-de-Gier

The Givors Canal in Rive-de-Gier, built between 1763 and 1780, was a major 20 km hydraulic structure linking the Loire to the Rhône, located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, now partially destroyed by the A47 motorway.