The Canal du Midi (French pronunciation: [kanal dy midi]; Occitan: Canal del Miègjorn [ka'nal del mjɛdˈd͡ʒuɾ]) is a 240 km (150 mi) long canal in Southern...
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on the Canal du Midi along its 240-kilometre (150 mi) course from the Bassin du Thau on the Mediterranean coast to the junction with the Canal lateral...
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Aqueducts on the Canal du Midi allow the canal to intersect and cross over natural streams. There are two exceptions, the first is the Herbettes Aqueduct...
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interchangeably with the Canal du Midi. In others, it describes the path from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean of which the Canal du Midi was the first artificial...
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The balancing of incoming and outgoing water allows the Canal du Midi to operate as it does. Each time a lock operates, large quantities of water are...
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Pierre-Paul Riquet (category Canal du Midi)
1604) – 4 October 1680) was the engineer and canal-builder responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi. Paul Riquet was born in Béziers, Hérault...
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Toulouse (category Midi-Pyrénées)
with Andorra and Spain. The city is traversed by the Canal de Brienne, the Canal du Midi, the Canal de Garonne and the rivers Garonne, Touch and Hers-Mort...
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continuation of the Canal du Midi which connects the Mediterranean with Toulouse. Together, they and the Garonne form the Canal des Deux Mers which connects...
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southwest of Montpellier. At Béziers, the Canal du Midi passes over the river Orb by means of the Pont-canal de l'Orb, an aqueduct claimed to be the first...
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Southern France (redirect from Le midi)
include the Roman-era Pont du Gard and the Arena of Nîmes; the Verdon Gorge, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; the Canal du Midi, linking Toulouse by to the...
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La Nouvelle branch (redirect from Canal de Jonction)
37.3-kilometre (23.2 mi) branch of the Canal du Midi in Aude, southern France which runs from the Canal du Midi through Narbonne and on to the Mediterranean...
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Orb Aqueduct (redirect from Pont-canal de l'Orb)
The Orb Aqueduct (French: Pont-canal de l'Orb, Pont-canal de Béziers) is a bridge which carries the Canal du Midi over the Orb in the city of Béziers in...
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Canal du Midi that links the Bay of Biscay with the Mediterranean Sea. the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Montpellier as seen from the Porte du Peyrou...
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Examples include canals that connect valleys over a higher body of land, like Canal du Midi, Canal de Briare and the Panama Canal. A canal can be constructed...
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40417°E / 43.30083; 3.40417 Ouvrages du Libron (English: Works of Libron) is a structure like no other on the Canal du Midi. It allows the Libron River, near...
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Festival "Vivid Voice of the Mediterranean in the Mediterranean" The Canal du Midi has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. 185,048 hectares...
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automobile has made this practice less common. One of the first large canals was the Canal du Midi, connecting rivers within France to create a path from the Atlantic...
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the town of Laurac and has a large area. It covers both sides of the Canal du Midi, between Toulouse in the north-west and Carcassonne in the south-east...
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The Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi (abbr. CF du Midi), also known in English as the Midi or Southern Railway, was an early French railway company...
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François Andréossy (category Canal du Midi)
Andréossy, argued in his Histoire du Canal du Midi that his ancestor should be considered the father of the Canal du Midi, instead of Riquet. Rolt, L. T...
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Seuil de Naurouze (category Canal du Midi)
level) of the Canal du Midi in southern France. It is the watershed point identified by Pierre-Paul Riquet when he designed and built the canal. Water falling...
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department in Southern France. It is the Mediterranean port of the Canal du Midi. It is situated on an ancient basalt volcano, hence the name "Black...
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Belgium and France". UNESCO. "Bordeaux, Port de la Lune". UNESCO. "Canal du Midi". UNESCO. "Cathédrale d'Amiens". UNESCO. "Cathédrale de Bourges". UNESCO...
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Fonseranes Locks (category Locks on the Canal du Midi)
staircase locks on the Canal du Midi near Béziers. They consist of eight oval-shaped lock chambers, characteristic of the Canal du Midi, and nine gates, which...
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Ponts Jumeaux (category Canal du Midi)
Bridges) is the point at which the Canal du Midi joins the Canal de Garonne and the River Garonne, via the Canal de Brienne. It was built in 1774 by...
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towns in the department of Aude. The rivers Aude, Fresquel, and the Canal du Midi flow through the town. The first signs of settlement in this region...
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Gongoozler (category Canals in the United Kingdom)
and the Strépy-Thieu boat lift. The eight locks of Fonserannes on the Canal du Midi in Southern France attract so many gongoozlers that they have become...
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Brussels-South railway station (redirect from Bruxelles Gare du Midi / Brussel-Zuid railway station)
Brussels-South (French: Bruxelles-Midi; Dutch: Brussel-Zuid) Lyons, Declan (18 February 2009). Cycling guide to the Canal du Midi, Languedoc, France, Europe...
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published by Les Editions du Breil, all listed below the table. A comprehensive historic list with 513 entries for French canals is published online by Charles...
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Étang de Thau (category Canal du Midi)
production at Bouzigues Canal du Midi joins Étang de Thau in Marseillan Phare des Onglous lighthouse at the mouth of Canal du Midi Lesaffre, Clément (31...
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