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

69290 Craponne

The Gallo-Roman lake of the Yzeron, located in Craponne (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), is an ancient ramified work of the 1st century BC, feeding Lugdunum in water from the basin of the Yzeron. Its remains, like the turrets, bear witness to complex hydraulic engineering.

69530 Orliénas

The Gier Watershed, a section of the Merdanson Bridge in Orlienas, is a Gallo-Roman vestige of the 1st or 2nd century, forming part of the longest ancient aqueduct feeding Lugdunum (Lyon).

69005 Lyon

The remains of the so-called Angélique aqueduct reservoir, located in Lyon, are a key element of the Gallo-Roman Gier aqueduct, 86 km long, feeding Lugdunum in water from the Pilat massif.

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.

42400 Saint-Chamond

The Gier Watershed, a section of Langonand, is a Gallo-Roman vestige of the 1st–IInd century located in Saint-Chamond (Loire), part of the longest ancient aqueduct feeding Lugdunum (Lyon).

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 gallo-romain
69005 Lyon 5ème

The Gier aqueduct, built under the Roman Empire in Lyon 5th, is the longest (85 km) of the four ancient aqueducts feeding Lugdunum. Its remains, partially classified, illustrate a masterpiece of hydraulic engineering between the Loire and the Rhône.

Canal
69700 Saint-Romain-en-Gier

The former Givors Canal, built between 1763 and 1780 in Saint-Romain-en-Gier (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), was a 20 km river track linking the Loire to the Rhône, equipped with 42 locks and 5 water bridges before its burial in 1970.