Canal du Midi

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UNESCO World Heritage Site canal waterway

The Canal du Midi is a historic 17th-century canal in southern France, renowned as an engineering masterpiece that links the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Canal du Midi canonical 40
Canal du Midi UNESCO World Heritage Site 3
Canal du Midi water system 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Canal du Midi ⓘ
surface form: Canal royal en Languedoc
architect Pierre-Paul Riquet ⓘ
connectsTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Garonne ⓘ
surface form: Garonne River

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Étang de Thau ⓘ
constructionEnd 1681 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earthworks ⓘ
stone ⓘ
constructionStart 1666 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currentUse recreational boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
designer Pierre-Paul Riquet ⓘ
endPoint Étang de Thau ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
hasPart Lac de Saint-Ferréol ⓘ
surface form: Bassin de Saint-Ferréol

Fonserannes Locks ⓘ
Malpas Tunnel ⓘ
Naurouze watershed summit ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (i)(ii)(iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalUse commercial transport ⓘ
inception 1666 ⓘ
length approximately 240 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Aude department ⓘ
Haute-Garonne ⓘ
surface form: Haute-Garonne department

Hérault ⓘ
surface form: Hérault department

Occitanie ⓘ
Southern France ⓘ
surface form: southern France
maintainedBy Voies navigables de France ⓘ
notableFeature one of the oldest canals in Europe still in operation ⓘ
series of staircase locks at Fonserannes ⓘ
numberOfLocks more than 60 ⓘ
openingDate 1681 ⓘ
partOf Canal des Deux Mers ⓘ
passesThrough Béziers ⓘ
Carcassonne ⓘ
Castelnaudary ⓘ
primaryUse inland navigation ⓘ
region Occitania ⓘ
surface form: Languedoc
startPoint Toulouse ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1996 ⓘ
waterSource Montagne Noire ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garonne → connectedTo → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Occitanie → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Occitanie → hasTransportInfrastructure → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Toulouse → hasLandmark → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Toulouse → isCrossedBy → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Voies navigables de France → operatesIn → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Canal du Midi → alsoKnownAs → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal royal en Languedoc
Canal de Garonne → connectsTo → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Canal de Garonne → formsInlandWaterwayLinkWith → Canal du Midi ⓘ
European inland shipping network → hasComponent → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Lac de Saint-Ferréol → locatedNear → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Lac de Saint-Ferréol → feeds → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Lac de Saint-Ferréol → partOf → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi water system
Aude → knownFor → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Aude → hasUNESCOSite → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Hérault → contains → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Lauragais → traversedBy → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Agde → locatedOn → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Narbonne → hasUNESCOSiteNearby → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Castelnaudary → locatedOn → Canal du Midi ⓘ
A61 motorway → parallelTo → Canal du Midi ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Pierre-Paul Riquet → notableWork → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Pierre-Paul Riquet → designed → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Pierre-Paul Riquet → oversawConstructionOf → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Étang de Thau → connectedTo → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Canal des Deux Mers → usesWaterway → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Canal des Deux Mers → hasComponent → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Canal des Deux Mers → relatedWork → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fonserannes Locks → locatedOnWaterway → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Fonserannes Locks → partOf → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi lock system
Fonserannes Locks → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Fonserannes Locks → locatedOnRoute → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toulouse–Étang de Thau section of Canal du Midi
Malpas Tunnel → partOf → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Malpas Tunnel → heritageDesignationPartOf → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi UNESCO World Heritage Site
Malpas Tunnel → waterway → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Malpas Tunnel → isPartOf → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi infrastructure
Naurouze watershed summit → partOf → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Naurouze watershed summit → locatedOnWaterway → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Naurouze watershed summit → isKeyPointOf → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi water management system
Montagne Noire → drainsInto → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Canal du Midi Orb aqueduct → carries → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Canal du Midi Orb aqueduct → waterwayCarried → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Canal du Midi Orb aqueduct → locatedOnWaterway → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Revel → locatedNear → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Revel → nearbyAttraction → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Laudot → historicallyLinkedTo → Canal du Midi ⓘ
Laudot → partOfWaterSystem → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi water system
Laudot → associatedWithEngineeringWork → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi hydraulic system
Musée du Lac de Saint-Ferréol → dedicatedTo → Canal du Midi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal du Midi water system