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The Best Attractions In Nissan-lez-Enserune

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Nissan-lez-Enserune is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is situated just south of Béziers.
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The Best Attractions In Nissan-lez-Enserune

  • 3. Reserve Africaine de Sigean Sigean
    The Réserve Africaine is a 300-hectare zoo that opened in 1974 in Sigean, Aude, in the south of France. The zoo is home to some 3,800 animals representing about 160 species, and is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums .
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  • 4. Chateau de Peyrepertuse Duilhac Sous Peyrepertuse
    Rennes-le-Château is a small commune approximately 5 km south of Couiza, in the Aude department in Languedoc in southern France. This small French hilltop village is known internationally, and receives tens of thousands of visitors per year, because of various conspiracy theories, about an alleged buried treasure discovered by its 19th-century priest Bérenger Saunière, the precise nature of which is disputed by those who believe in its existence.
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  • 6. Enserune Archaeological Site Nissan Lez Enserune
    The Oppidum d'Ensérune is an ancient hill-town near the village of Nissan-lez-Ensérune, France, located between Béziers and Narbonne close to the D609 and Canal du Midi. It has been listed since 1935 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.The settlement was occupied without interruption between the 6th century BC and 1st century AD, its location being chosen presumably because it was a hill with good views over the coastal plain, being close to the Roman road Via Domitia, the Montady lake, and fertile agricultural land below. There is a museum on the site which offers a display of some of the finds on the site, as well as giving more information about the fort and the field system. Below the Oppidum was the swamp of Montady, , which is now wedge shaped fields separat...
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  • 7. Oppidum d'Enserune Nissan Lez Enserune
    The Oppidum d'Ensérune is an ancient hill-town near the village of Nissan-lez-Ensérune, France, located between Béziers and Narbonne close to the D609 and Canal du Midi. It has been listed since 1935 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.The settlement was occupied without interruption between the 6th century BC and 1st century AD, its location being chosen presumably because it was a hill with good views over the coastal plain, being close to the Roman road Via Domitia, the Montady lake, and fertile agricultural land below. There is a museum on the site which offers a display of some of the finds on the site, as well as giving more information about the fort and the field system. Below the Oppidum was the swamp of Montady, , which is now wedge shaped fields separat...
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  • 10. Malpas Tunnel Nissan Lez Enserune
    The Malpas tunnel was excavated in 1679 under the hill d'Ensérune in Hérault, allowing the passage of the Canal du Midi. It was Europe's first navigable canal tunnel and a monument to the determination of Pierre-Paul Riquet, the chief engineer. It is located in the commune of Nissan-lez-Ensérune. The Oppidum d'Ensérune is located on the surface a short distance from the tunnel. There was great disappointment when the works reached the hill d'Ensérune. A few metres of digging in hard rock revealed a very brittle sandstone subject to slippage. Colbert, the prime minister, halted the works when he was made aware of the situation. The portal was blocked and the workings re-sited. Riquet's detractors took advantage of this situation to impede the project. Colbert announced that he would se...
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