Pierre-Paul Riquet
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Pierre-Paul Riquet was a 17th-century French engineer and entrepreneur best known for designing and overseeing the construction of the Canal du Midi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pierre-Paul Riquet canonical | 6 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal engineer
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engineer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Toulouse ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Riquet metro station in Paris
ⓘ
various streets named Rue Riquet in France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1609-06-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1680-10-01 ⓘ |
| designed | Canal du Midi ⓘ |
| employer | French Crown ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Riquet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
ⓘ
hydraulic engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Pierre-Paul ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
statue of Pierre-Paul Riquet in Béziers
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statue of Pierre-Paul Riquet in Toulouse ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | development of inland waterway transport in France ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Languedoc
ⓘ
Occitanie ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | key figure of French engineering history ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | idea of linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the Canal du Midi
ⓘ
overseeing construction of the Canal du Midi ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Béziers
ⓘ
Toulouse ⓘ |
| name | Pierre-Paul Riquet self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Canal du Midi ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ tax farmer ⓘ |
| oversawConstructionOf | Canal du Midi ⓘ |
| patron |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIV
|
| placeOfBirth |
Béziers
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Toulouse ⓘ |
| positionHeld | tax farmer of Languedoc salt tax ⓘ |
| projectStart | construction of the Canal du Midi in the 1660s ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.