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

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.

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.

Aqueduc gallo-romain
69510 Soucieu-en-Jarrest

The Gallo-Roman Gier canal, built in the second century, is an ancient monument of 86 km from Saint-Chamond to Lyon. Its remains, among the best preserved in France, cross Soucieu-en-Jarrest in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, illustrating Roman engineering for water supply to Lugdunum.

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.

Aqueduc gallo-romain
69630 Chaponost

The Waterfall of the Air Course in Chaponost, an exceptional Gallo-Roman vestige, is part of the longest ancient aqueduct in Lyon (86 km). Its 72 preserved arches, classified as Historical Monument, illustrate Roman engineering with a unique opus reticulatum trimming in southern Gaul.

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).

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.

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.