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

Retrouvez les 10 canals, aqueducts, locks and gazes classified in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region recensés par Musée du Patrimoine de France.
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Sélection de 8 canals, aqueducts, locks and gazes classified sur 10 en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Aqueduct of the Brévenne (also on Tassin-la-Demi-Lune)
Gallo-Roman aqueduct
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.
Aqueduct du Gier in Lyon
Gallo-Roman aqueduct
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.
Aqueduct Gallo-Roman du Gier dit also du Mont Pilat (also in communes of Brignais, Chaponost, Lyon, Sainte-Foy-lès Lyon, Soucieu-en-Jarrest)
Gallo-Roman aqueduct
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.
Givors Canal in Rive-de-Gier
Channel
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.
Aqueduct du Gier in Mornant
Aqueduct
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.
Couzon Tunnel in Rive-de-Gier
Aqueduct
42800 Rive-de-Gier

The Couzon tunnel in Rive-de-Gier, the first French railway tunnel of the 2nd quarter of the 19th century, extends 900 metres in the Loire, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Former Givors Canal in Saint-Romain-en-Gier
Channel
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.
Aqueduct of the Gagere
Aqueduct
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.