Capestang bridge
famous low bridge on Canal Du Midi
Capestang - The saïsse bridge
Visio-guide, Capestang, Canal du midi, guided tour
♥ CAPESTANG France
Capestang is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Capestang est une commune de l'Hérault département dans le sud de la France.
Capestang (34) Collégiael et canal
Très beau site ce canal du Midi et belle collégiale
Canal du MIDI day5 capestang bridge
Village Capestang
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Capestang - Pourquoi Capestang ?
Visio-guide, Capestang, Canal du midi, Canal-lirou, Visite guidée du village
Canal du Midi Cruise Croisière /PénicheAlégria PontCapestang
La bien connue péniche-hôtel Alégria passant sous le pont de Capestang, le pont le plus étroit du canal du Midi... Ne pas oublier de baisser la tête!
The famous hotel-barge Alegria passing under the Capestang Bridge: mind you head!
Capestang - Le temps des troubles
Visio-guide, Capestang, Canal du midi, Canal-lirou, Visite guidée du village
Navigating a 100ft Barge under the Lowest Bridge on the Canal du Midi | European Waterwaysi
Capestang is notable for one of the lowest bridges on the Canal du Midi. The passengers and onlookers are amazed as the captain of hotel barge Enchanté manages to navigate the 100ft hotel barge through the lowest bridge on the Canal du Midi. The town of Capestang, which is a short distance from the canal, is home to the 14th century church of St-Étienne. In 1766 a segment of the canal collapsed after heavy rain and snow. Ten thousand workmen toiled for three months to make repairs.
From Roman times, a link between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic had long been on the minds of those wishing to avoid a trip around the Strait of Gibraltar. Charlemagne considered it in the 8th century. François I and Leonardo da Vinci talked about it in 1516. But it took a wealthy salt tax collector in the 17th century to bring it to pass. Pierre Paul Riquet (1604-1680) of Béziers supplied the vision, the drive, and even part of the financing for the Canal du Midi. In 1666 an edict by Louis XIV proclaimed that construction could begin. Seven million cubic meters of earth were excavated for the project, which employed 12,000 men over a period of 12 years.
The Canal du Midi was built to enable the more efficient transport of goods and add to the mobility of the French navy. It was also intended from the beginning to bring glory to Le Roi Soleil, Louis XIV, the Sun King. Covering 150 miles, it includes 328 structures such as locks, tunnels, bridges, and aqueducts. The canal's 63 locks include double, triple, quadruple and sextuple staircase locks.
The canal has changed little in its 300 years. Now lock gates are steel rather than timber. An aqueduct was built to create a waterway over the River Orb. And a water slope was built at Béziers to allow boats to avoid the sixrise staircase. In 1996 the canal was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
The high quality of construction that went into the locks, aqueducts, and buildings is responsible for making the Canal du Midi the oldest canal in Europe still functioning. The canal remains not only functional but of high quality, making it the most popular canal in France.
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Capestang - Le pont de Saïsse
Visio-guide, Capestang, Canal du midi, Canal-lirou, Visite guidée du village, le pont de pierre
Capestang
Patrimoine Capestang
pass through capestang
saison 2009 sur le langon.
bateau naviguant sur le canal du midi
Canal du midi day5 Capestang
Horror on a camping in Capestang (France) IV
In a few days we where attacked by big creepy beetles. The climbed on our tent, our legs, on anything with height. Then they grew stiff and in about one hour time there came another creepy animal out off there back, leeving an empty shell, corps, body.........
In five video's we show you what we saw! Don't look at this a short time before you're going to sleep!
Canal du Midi, sous le pont de Capestang
Passage sous le pont le plus étroit du Canal du Midi à Capestang. Par la péniche-hôtel Alégria
Expo 2016 2017 Mcréations diaporama Capestang Puisserguier St Chinian
Diaporama de l'expo Sur Un Fil Tendu... de Mcréations avec les œuvres artistiques des élèves de Capestang, Puisserguier et St Chinian
CAPESTANG Château et village
Prises de vues Réalisées par DRONEWORKS
montage vidéo mvprod.net
Canal du Midi - Capestang to Beziers including Fonserannes Lock
Timelapse of day two on our trip on the French Canals July 2012. Fonserannes lock is a staircase lock with 6 levels dropping 21m (starts at about the 30 second mark). Shortly after the Fonserannes the canal crosses the Orb river on an aqueduct.