Toulouse goes with the flow: the Garonne and the Canal du Midi.
The town planning of Toulouse seems to have been built around the destructive reality of flooding. The building, and rebuilding, of bridges and roads over a very long time resulted in the radiant vision of the quays that we know today. The quays have been protected sites since 1943.
Constructed in the reign of Louis XIV, the Canal du Midi is the oldest canal in Europe that is still in use. This waterway, a product of the imagination of the engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet, includes some remarkable pieces of work which give it exceptional patrimonial interest.
The town planning of Toulouse seems to have been built around the destructive reality of flooding. The building, and rebuilding, of bridges and roads over a very long time resulted in the radiant vision of the quays that we know today. The quays have been protected sites since 1943.
Constructed in the reign of Louis XIV, the Canal du Midi is the oldest canal in Europe that is still in use. This waterway, a product of the imagination of the engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet, includes some remarkable pieces of work which give it exceptional patrimonial interest.
