The Canal Du Midi
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The Canal Du Midi
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Author : Bernd-Wilfried Kiessler
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2009-09-27
The Canal Du Midi written by Bernd-Wilfried Kiessler and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-27 with Travel categories.
A handy guidebook packed with all the information you need to make the most of a cruise down one of France's most popular and beautiful canals.
From Sea To Sea
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Author : Lionel Thomas Caswell Rolt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
From Sea To Sea written by Lionel Thomas Caswell Rolt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Canal du Midi (France) categories.
Canal Du Midi
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Author : Andrew Smyth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-04-08
Canal Du Midi written by Andrew Smyth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-08 with Canals categories.
Deep in the heart of Languedoc, hidden in a tunnel of plane trees, the glorious Canal du Midi meanders through the south west of France, as though insulated from the world outside. In its time, the Canal was one of the most ambitious civil engineering works ever undertaken and the pride of seventeenth-century France. It achieved a dream of centuries: a link between the flat expanses of the Gironde estuary on the Atlantic coast, and the city of Sète on the blue waters of the Mediterranean. Now by-passed by modern trade, the Canal offers a pastoral idyll, barely changed in more than three hundred years. This book will appeal to anyone interested in boats, canals, or travel in general. It offers a revealing introduction to one of France's oldest waterways and can be used as a guide, pilot book and travel story. It is indispensable for anyone thinking of visiting or using the Canal, or simply wanting to learn more of this extraordinary passage.
The Canal Du Midi
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Author : Bernard Blancotte
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
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Canal Du Midi
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Author : Andrea Hoffmann
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-02-18
Canal Du Midi written by Andrea Hoffmann and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This is a must-have compact travel guide to the Canal du Midi, a picturesque waterway in Southern France, popular for boating trips and holidays. The Canal du Midi is recognised as one of the most beautiful and popular waterways in Europe. It is an UNESCO world heritage site and attracts many visitors every year. It's widely regarded as the perfect boating region for wine tasting, sightseeing at medieval villages and cities, and visiting cafes and restaurants. This up-to-date, comprehensive travel guide covers all the practical information and sightseeing opportunities boaters need to know about during their holiday on the canal, including: -Highlights and itinerary for Canal du Midi trips for easy planning -Insider travel tips for your boating holiday: where to stop off, sightseeing highlights, recommended restaurants to visit along the way -Essential practical nautical information such as how and where to charter, locks, bridges and berths and so on -Concise English-French dictionary with the most important vocab -Fantastic photography and useful route maps
The Canal Du Midi
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-01-01
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The Canal Du Midi From Toulouse To S Te And The Canal Du Rh Ne S Te From S Te To Arles
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Author : Tony Paris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Canal Du Midi From Toulouse To S Te And The Canal Du Rh Ne S Te From S Te To Arles written by Tony Paris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Canal du Midi (France) categories.
Floating Through France
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Author : Barbara J. Euser
language : en
Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides
Release Date : 2006
Floating Through France written by Barbara J. Euser and has been published by Travelers' Tales Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Travel categories.
Revealing a rural side of France, the essays in this collection explore the areas surrounding the picturesque Canal du Midi. Featuring contributions from Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Larry Habegger, Joanna Biggar, and others, "Floating Through France" is perfect for those traveling to France or those who just want to feel like they're there.
Canal Du Midi A World Heritage Site
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Author : Jérôme Sabatier
language : en
Publisher: Jérôme Sabatier
Release Date :
Canal Du Midi A World Heritage Site written by Jérôme Sabatier and has been published by Jérôme Sabatier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Travel categories.
Travel guide updated in February 2019. The Canal du Midi, completed during the reign of Louis XIV, is extraordinary in its scope, representing one of the major works of civil engineering. Its conception, the ingenuity required by Pierre Paul Riquet to feed water to the canal and the creation of dozens of water features along its route, all testify to its exceptional technological innovation. It opened a safe and fast navigable link between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, thus providing commercial prosperity to the regions it crossed in the three centuries of its use. At a length of 240 kilometers, the Canal du Midi was the largest construction site of its time and today remains the oldest canal in Europe still in operation. Beyond the technical challenges overcome by Pierre Paul Riquet, it is the aesthetics of his architecture and the landscapes created that make the Canal du Midi so unique. Here you’ll find all the information necessary to prepare your trip and your stay along the Canal du Midi in order to discover this exceptional site of indisputable universal value. You will find the following under the sections for the site : the reasons for its selection for the World Heritage list, the history of the site, many practical informations (Tourist Offices, suggested tours, museums, events, transports), and a selection of accommodation and restaurants. Prices and opening hours shown are for 2019. You'll also find tips (transport, pricing, activities ... ), anecdotes and all the possibilities for family-friendly visits to encourage children and families in their discovery. Let us guide you...
Impossible Engineering
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Author : Chandra Mukerji
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-11-09
Impossible Engineering written by Chandra Mukerji and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering--in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. Impossible Engineering takes an insightful and entertaining look at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance. The waterway was a marvel that connected modern state power to human control of nature just as surely as it linked the ocean to the sea. The Canal du Midi is typically characterized as the achievement of Pierre-Paul Riquet, a tax farmer and entrepreneur for the canal. Yet Chandra Mukerji argues that it was a product of collective intelligence, depending on peasant women and artisans--unrecognized heirs to Roman traditions of engineering--who came to labor on the waterway in collaboration with military and academic supervisors. Ironically, while Louis XIV and his treasury minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert used propaganda to present France as a new Rome, the Canal du Midi was being constructed with unrecognized classical methods. Still, the result was politically potent. As Mukerji shows, the project took land and power from local nobles, using water itself as a silent agent of the state to disrupt traditions of local life that had served regional elites. Impossible Engineering opens a surprising window into the world of seventeenth-century France and illuminates a singular work of engineering undertaken to empower the state through technical conquest of nature.