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Canal du Midi

The occitan heritage is an issue, the Canal du Midi consists of 34 works classified as historical monuments. Among these you will find canal bridges, simple, round, double, triple, quadruple locks, spanners, weirs, aqueducts, tunnels,...

The south-south canal connects Toulouse to the Mediterranean Sea since the 17th century. From the 19th century, the Garonne Canal, which links Bordeaux to Toulouse, extended the Canal du Midi. All of the two channels are referred to as the "B" channel of the Two Seas. It thus provided a waterway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.

Colbert authorized the commencement of work in October 1666. The site lasted from 1666 to 1681, during the reign of Louis XIV, under the supervision of Pierre-Paul Riquet. Since 1996, it has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

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34 canal du Midi works en Occitanie
Canal du Midi

Sélection de 8 canal du Midi works sur 34 en France

Canal du Midi : Spanchoir de l'Argent-Double
Canal du midi
11700 La Redorte

The expanse of the Silver-Double, built in the 17th century in La Redorte, Occitanie, is a hydraulic structure of the Canal du Midi allowing to evacuate excess water. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1996.
Canal du Midi : hamlet of Somail (also on commune of Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude)
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 : Epanchoir de Gailhousty
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 : Pont Saint-Joseph d'Agde
Canal du midi
34300 Agde

The Pont Saint-Joseph d'Agde, built in the 17th century, is an emblematic work of the Canal du Midi located in the city of Agde, Occitanie. He testifies to the hydraulic engineering of this period.
Canal du Midi : Fonserannes Locks
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 : Naurouze Basin
Canal du midi
11320 Montferrand

The Naurouze basin, a central structure of the Canal du Midi (17th century) in Montferrand, Occitanie, is an octagonal reservoir that feeds the Atlantic-Mediterranean divide, designed by Pierre-Paul Riquet.
Canal du Midi : Works on the river Ognon
Canal du midi
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.
Canal du Midi : intake of Pont-Crouzet

81540 Sorèze

The intake of Pont-Crouzet, a key element of the Canal du Midi, dates from the 18th and 19th centuries and is located in Sorèze, Occitanie. Hydraulic work modified over the centuries, it feeds the channel of the Plain.