Aqueduct

In order to allow the Yonne channel feeding the Nivernais canal to cross the valley, a "grand pont" was built in 1841 under the direction of engineer Fourneau. A deck of 152 metres was thrown between...

The Pont d'Ouche "canal bridge" is one of the unusual engineering structures along the route of the Burgundy Canal. This bridge-aqueduct is a rare architectural feature in Burgundy, enabling the canal...

This masonry work, realized under the orders of the engineer Jullien, was built from 1832 to 1836.

Built in the early 1870s to allow the Arroux river to cross the Bourbince.

The Aqueduct of Roquefavour is a 19th century work of art

The aqueducts and mills of Barbegal were a complex work of two parallel aqueducts, leading drinking water to the city of Arles from the Alpilles and also made turn the mills that could produce flour...

The small town crowds around the foot of an imposing mediaeval castle that was altered in the 17th century.

Behind the castle, at the bottom of the Pas de l'Etroit valley, stand three arches of a...

Behind the medieval castle, in the hollow of the Pas de l'Etroit valley, stand three arcades of a Roman aqueduct built nearly 2000 years ago.

Aqueduc de la Candolle is a bridge-aqueduct, a semicircular arch bridge

The aqueduct bridge of Ansignan dates for its oldest part from the middle of the 3rd century. With a length of 170 meters and made up of 29 arches, this aqueduct bridge spans the river Agly below the...

Aqueducts of eight to ten arches overlooking the Erdre valley

In the heart of a wooded park, come and discover the Dobert castle nestled in a meander of the Vègre river which feeds its moat.

Founded in the 12th century, the Lucerne abbey was occupied by Premonstratensian canons. Nestled in a hollow of the Thar valley, these Romanesque constructions rise up, their sobriety and austerity...

Enter the "secret gardens" of the Sun King. Discover the furnished home of Madame de Maintenon, whose eternal youth charmed Louis XIV the all-powerful.

A museum directly built on an ancient site proposes a journey over a million years, from prehistoric times to the end of the Roman era. A small Roman garden completes the visit.

Remains of the leakage tank that marks the end of the Garon siphon. The aqueduct resumes its course as a canal, raised on arches, which have disappeared and then on a well-preserved wall. Afterwards...

Here you have to earn the discovery of the Gier Roman Aqueduct! Hidden among the vegetation in the small valley of Jurieux is the only remaining undamaged bridge once belonging to the aqueduct's...

A keen eye will discover the remains of a covered water supply canal, an aqueduct abutment, the ruins of an aqueduct and millstones scattered around the commune.

A 95-metre-long structure with 5 piers, the stones of which, coming from nearby quarries, were cut on site.

This aqueduc, which was collecting water from the Gier river in Saint-Chamond, transported it along 86 km to Fourviere. Built in the 2nd century AD, it supplied Lyon with water. Guided tours in...

This ashlar structure, built in 1900, comprises 4 arches. It is one of the most imposing on the Manosque canal: 54 meters long and over 10 meters high.

This is the siphon bridge (21m high and 23 arches) which corresponds to the Garon siphon made to cross the Garon Valley, 115m deep and 1200m wide from Soucieu-en-Jarrest to Chaponost. This bridge...

The Pont du Gard, one of the wonders of antiquity, is the most prestigious vestige of an aqueduct built by the Romans almost 2000 years ago. This architectural jewel, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is...

This Roman aqueduct was probably built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, around the year 120 AD, and it remained in operation for approximately 200 years before it was destroyed by invaders early...