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ITR4755028: Round lock of the Canal du Midi at Agde, Herault, Languedoc-Roussillon (Languedoc Roussillon). Photography 2000. At 60 years old, under Louis XIV, engineer Pierre Paul Riquet embarks on an extraordinary adventure, connecting the Garonne to the Mediterranean with the technical and topographical means of the 18th century. The Midi Canal will take 15 years of work to dig and feed a 240 km long artificial stream. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4755464: Le canal du Midi, Pont canal sur l'Orb, Beziers, Herault, Languedoc Roussillon (Languedoc-Roussillon), France. Photography 2002. At 60 years old, under Louis XIV, engineer Pierre Paul Riquet embarks on an extraordinary adventure, connecting the Garonne to the Mediterranean with the technical and topographical means of the 18th century. The Midi Canal will take 15 years of work to dig and feed a 240 km long artificial stream. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4755145: The Canal du Midi has Saint Cyrq Lapopie, Lot, Midi-Pyrenees region, (Midi Pyrenees), France. Hollow towpath in the cliff. Photograph 2004. At 60 years old, under Louis XIV, engineer Pierre Paul Riquet embarks on an extraordinary adventure, connecting the Garonne to the Mediterranean with the technical and topographical means of the 18th century. The Midi Canal will take 15 years of work to dig and feed a 240 km long artificial stream. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4755486: The archives of the Canal du Midi in Toulouse, Building des archives du Canal, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne (Haute Garonne), Midi-Pyrenees (Midi Pyrenees). Photography 2002. At 60 years old, under Louis XIV, engineer Pierre Paul Riquet embarks on an extraordinary adventure, connecting the Garonne to the Mediterranean with the technical and topographical means of the 18th century. The Midi Canal will take 15 years of work to dig and feed a 240 km long artificial stream. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4755129: Le canal du Midi (Midi-Garonne) à Montech, Tarn-et-Garonne (Tarn et Garonne), Midi-Pyrenees (Midi Pyrenees), France. Photography 2005. The water slope of Montech. At 60 years old, under Louis XIV, engineer Pierre Paul Riquet embarks on an extraordinary adventure, connecting the Garonne to the Mediterranean with the technical and topographical means of the 18th century. The Midi Canal will take 15 years of work to dig and feed a 240 km long artificial stream. / Bridgeman Images