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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 : Lock of the Sanglier
Canal du midi
31450 Ayguesvives

The Sanglier Lock, built in the 18th and 19th centuries, is a double lock of the Canal du Midi located in Ayguesvives, Occitanie, classified as a historical monument since 1998.
Canal du Midi : Pont-channel de l'Orbiel
Canal du midi
11800 Trèbes

The canal bridge of the Orbiel, built at the end of the 17th century in Trèbes, is an aqueduct of the Canal du Midi crossing the river Orbiel. Ranked a historic monument in 1950, it illustrates the hydraulic engineering of Vauban.
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 : carriageway of Coudières

81110 Arfons

The roadway of Coudières, test channel of the Canal du Midi, is a 17th century dry stone work located in Arfons, Tarn. Built to validate the canal's water supply, it is now partially destroyed.
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 : Saint-Roch Quadruple Lock
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.
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.