ITR4755061: Le canal du Midi Book du Libron, Languedoc Roussillon (Languedoc-Roussillon), France. 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
ITR4755108: The Canal du Midi has Sommail, Halte du Sommail, Aude, 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
ITR4755149: 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
ITR4755185: 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 South Canal will take 15 years of work to dig and feed a 240 km long artificial watercourse. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4755454: Spanchoir of Argentdouble (Silver-Double or Silver Double) on the Canal du Midi, France. Photography 2002. The epanchoir was built in 1693 by the master macon biterrois David on the orders of Vauban. A surface reservoir allows to evacuate unnecessary water from the canal during the floods of the Argentdouble. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4755509: The bust of Riquet in the archives of the Canal du Midi in Toulouse. At 60, Pierre Paul Riquet embarks on an extraordinary adventure, connecting the Garonne to the Mediterranean with the technical and topographical means of the 18th century, under Louis XIV. The Midi Canal will take 15 years of work to dig and feed a 240 km long artificial stream. Photography 2002 / Bridgeman Images
ITR4755725: Canal du Midi, France. 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
ITR4755735: The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne (Haute Garonne), Midi-Pyrenees (Midi Pyrenees). 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