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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

today carries road, motorway (A61), rail and canal links. Castelnaudary is the main port of the Canal du Midi to which it owed a period of prosperity in...

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...

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...

Great Canal Journeys is a British television series in which a pair of presenters take canal barge and narrowboat trips in the United Kingdom, Europe,...

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...

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...

du Midi de Bigorre or simply the Pic du Midi (elevation 2,877 m (9,439 ft)) is a mountain in the French Pyrenees. It is the site of the Pic du Midi Observatory...

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Gard. The canal is made up of two previously constructed canals, the Canal des Étangs and Canal de Beaucaire. It connects with the Canal du Midi through...

of the Canal du Midi. These two sections of the river are linked to each other, and to the Canal du Midi to the west, by short junction canals and the...

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...

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...

tunnel carries the Canal du Midi under the d'Ensérune hill in Hérault, France. Excavated in 1679, it was Europe's first navigable canal tunnel and is a monument...