Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Canal du Midi
Castelnaudary, Aude, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Ecluse quadruple Saint-Roch (cad. non cadastré, domaine public fluvial) : inscription par arrêté du 19 septembre 1996
- Protection dates
- 1996/09/19 : inscrit MH
- Type
- canal, écluse
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 17e siècle
- Architect or builder
- Riquet Pierre-Paul (ingénieur)
- Ownership
- propriété de l'État
- Commune
- Castelnaudary
- Département
- Aude
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.31190, 1.96090
- Mérimée reference
- PA11000004
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le canal du Languedoc ou canal de communication des Deux Mers a été réalisé sous Louis XIV d'après les plans de l'ingénieur Pierre-Paul Riquet, communiqués à Colbert en 1662. Les travaux commencent en 1667 par la partie du canal située entre Toulouse et Naurouse. En 1672, la première partie du canal est terminée. Arpès quelques rectifications, le canal est définitivement achevé à la fin de l'année 1682.
English translation
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History
The Canal of Languedoc or canal of communication between the Two Seas was carried out under Louis XIV according to the plans of engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet, communicated to Colbert in 1662. Work began in 1667 on the section of the canal situated between Toulouse and Naurouse. In 1672, the first section of the canal was completed. After some rectifications, the canal was definitively completed at the end of the year 1682.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Saint-Rochchapelleunder 1 mi
- Jardin Bauzéjardinunder 1 mi
- Hôpitalhôpitalunder 1 mi
- Ancien châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.