Étang de Thau
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The Étang de Thau or Bassin de Thau is the largest of a string of lagoons that stretch along the French coast from the Rhône river to the foothills of the Pyrenees and the border to Spain in the Langu
View from Sète
The Étang de Thau seen from Sète.
The coastline between Sète and Marseillan with the Étang de Thau on the right.
The Étang de Thau during a sailing regatta.
Canal du Midi
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The Canal du Midi is a 240 km long canal in Southern France. Originally named the Canal Royal en Languedoc and renamed by French revolutionaries to Canal du Midi in 1789, the canal is considered one o
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…to, in particular, Marseillan, a fishing village that became a trade centre. Linked now by the Canal du Rhône à Sète to the river Rhône and by the Canal du Midi to Bordeaux via Toulouse, the lagoon also has access to the Mediterranean at Sète. There is also a small canal (le canal des Allemands or the pisse-saume…
The Orb Aqueduct, which allows the Canal du Midi to cross the river Orb in Béziers
Location of the Canal du Midi and its branch to Port-la-Nouvelle, part of the Canal des Deux Mers route from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic
Portrait of Pierre-Paul Riquet, the designer of the Canal du Midi
Photograph of the Letter, Archives of the canal, Toulouse