The incredible story of the Canal du Midi: Louis XIV's project - Full documentary - AMP
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- Connecting the Atlantic to the Mediterranean by a large canal of more than 300 km is an idea that dates back to Antiquity.
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It was not until the 17th century and the reign of Louis XIV that this project came to fruition. It will be the Sun King's biggest construction site after Versailles and its digging will require all kinds of technological feats to span hills and rivers.
The Canal du Midi was completed in 1681 after 12 years of work. Today listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is one of the oldest canals in Europe still in operation.
âCanal du Midi, a revealed heritageâ
Director: Emmanuel Amara
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PhÃĐnomÃĐnal . Riquet ÃĐtait un vrai gÃĐnie dâingÃĐniositÃĐ, tout comme Vauban. Quelle chance a eu la France dâavoir de grands hommes comme eux.
I traversed the Midi back in the 70s during my days operating as a yacht delivery skipper, a time when the 'peniche' (barges) were still operating, the depth was 2 mtrs, but only in the center which was also the draft of the yacht I was bringing through, needless to say I had to give way to the peniche. I worked out a way of waiting until they were quite close coming from the opposite direction, at which time I would put the helm over and drive the yacht up onto the mud, as the peniche passed, its stern wave would lift the yacht for a few critical moments allowing me to put the helm hard over and the engine into high power allowing me to regain the center of the canal. Sadly today, now silted up, the depth is only approximately 1 mtr in many parts, the peniche now long gone. Needless to say, I had no idea that the canal incorporated such wonderful technical achievements, it would have made the experience so much more fascinating. Thank you for this.
Magnifique, trois siÃĻcles avant l'A61 !
Merci à "TH-cam "pour ce document extraordinaire la rÃĐalisation du canal
FASCINANT.
QUELLES INTELLIGENCES CES INGÃNIEURS RIQUET...VAUBAN ET TOUS LES INTERVENANTS Ã CETTE RÃALISATION UNIQUE.
MERCI.
Very interesting video, thank you TH-cam and thank you Notre Histoire!!
I was taken to see the _Ecluses de Fonseranes_ by my dad and stepmum, about 20 years ago. (I was like 45 at the time, they were very proud of their new holiday home near Beziers and took me all over the Languedoc while I was visiting.) I didn't know much about the Canal du Midi at the time, and in particular I did not know that these works pre-dated the canal system of England by some 100-150 years. There's a statue of Riquet in central Beziers. What a remarkable man he must have been. Isembard Kingdom Brunel, but 200 years earlier.
Both my dad and stepmum are now dead, so seeing these pictures of the Ecluses was poignant.
An Engineering Master Piece.
Why have we never heard of this before? People are too distracted by the gaudy wonders of Versailles, to pay attention to this marvel of engineering and pre-industrial labor? I am astonished.
Un gÃĐnie ce monsieur es ce qu' il a ÃĐtÃĐ mis en avant et prÃĐsentÃĐ Ã tous les français et Française par la RÃĐpublique Française sans oublier les hommes et femmes qui y ont ÅuvrÃĐ ?
moi, je l'ai prÃĐsentÃĐ dans un exposÃĐ au collÃĻge il y a bien longtemps...les annÃĐes 70
Yâavait pas de femmes ! Toutes ces merveilles de l histoire sont dues à des hommes
L'une des plus grandes fiertÃĐs qui traverse notre villeâĪ !!..
- merci pour ce magnifique docðððŊ
Voici un superbe reportage richement documentÃĐ !
Quelques images de riviÃĻres en crues passant par les dÃĐversoires eut ÃĐtÃĐ un plus... mais c'est trÃĻs intÃĐressant et passionnant...
I grew up in america, and I'm close to age 65. This is the first time I've learned of this canal.
A wonderful accomplishment!
Thank you for this program. ð
I knew about Marquis de Lafayette, and the role france played in the american revolution, but not this.
Not Only Lafayette, but also the marquis de Moncalm and the comte de Rochambeau helped America to get rid of british and of course the french war ships and the french land troopers, we never see them in the Hollywood movies, only french bashing (.../...)
@@endi5739 That idiot W. got sent to college and his frat brothers only trusted him to get beer. His wife did us no favors by doing his homework. I was overjoyed when France told him no during Gulf War 2. Twit. America is still messing up in Iraq to this day.
I consider the american war of independence to be a small part of the first ever world war because England and France were in conflict around the globe at the time.
trÃĐs complet et passionnant
Extraordinaire !!Cet homme,comme Vauban,ÃĐtait un vÃĐritable gÃĐnie.
Wonderful documentary. Weâve ridden the entire length on bicyle a couple of years ago and I wish I had seen this beforehand.
admirable reportage avec des explications claires !!!!! bravo et merci
C'est gÃĐnial ! Bravo à ces merveilleux architectes, ingÃĐnieurs et constructeurs. C'est une des merveilles du monde qui n'a pas d'ÃĐquivalent. Le canal de Panama construit 250 ans plus tard se fera avec des moyens techniques beaucoup plus puissants.
N'oubliez-pas le canal de Suez. Il a fini 170 ans plus tard.
Le canal de Suez a ÃĐtÃĐ construit en 10 ans, `pour Ãtre exact; en 8 ans sauf qu'il a ÃĐtÃĐ mis à l'ÃĐpreuve pendant deux ans.@@shelbynamels7948
MagnÃfico e Impresionante!
I was lucky enough to paddle the canal in a kayak in 2014. Trip of a lifetime.
REMARQUABLE ! Merci ðð―ððððšððģðð§ðžâðūâŪïļð
Un bel ouvrage grÃĒce à des ingÃĐnieurs ingÃĐnieux, oÃđ est passÃĐ cet esprit d'entreprise et d'intelligence de nos jours ?
Fun fact, Toulouse erected a statue of Pierre Paul Riquet in one of the most central place of the city. As the canal brought prosperity to the city.
The imagination and creative engineering skills brought this massive undertaking to a completion..considering the inventorâs amazing skills..surely this was way ahead of its time..to be in place for many to enjoy..âĪ
Le grand canal de Chine construit au Veme siÃĻcle, long de 1795 km,,,comme quoi,,,pas si incroyable que cela!
I agree !
merveilleux ce canal fait par un gÃĐnie ...
Oh la la La France a tellement de choses à raconter âĪâĪâĪ
Bel ouvrage qu'il faudrait penser à remettre en service pour divers transports de marchandises, lorsqu'on ne pourra plus faire rouler des camions dans 50 ou 60 ans .ðŪ
je suis de bessan juste a cote d agde, ils ont mis un an a construire l ecluse en 1 an à l' ÃĐpoque, aujourd hui ils ont mis 3 ans a refaire la route de la voie ferrÃĐe ððð
Tout est calculÃĐ pour la diminution du chÃīmage ð
TrÃĻs beau documentaire, juste envie d'y passer en bateau ou en vÃĐlo. Comme la SNCF, EDF(ENEDIS) et VNF sont des machines d'utilitÃĐ publique qui entretiennent silencieusement un patrimoine magnifique. Merci.
Quel travail! Merci je ne savais pas l'histoire du canal
Excellent documentaire ! Sujet passionnant.
Merci pour this. I didn't realize that it had been built so much earlier than the British canal system.
It is beautiful today to transitthe Midi - good to know just how it was designed and developed
Quelle belle aventure humaine et technologique... Je vais aller voit la source ! La montagne noire ! Merci à cet homme perspicace et visionnaire âĪ
Vive le canal du Midi. J'en garde de bons souvenirs.
Model in-depth documentary, entertaining from beginning to end!
Extraordinaire ce type
Dans les annÃĐes 90, j'ai eu le plaisir d'explorer une partie de ce canal à vÃĐlo, lorsque je campais de Madrid au Languedoc. Je ne pense pas avoir dÃĐjà connu un tel bonheur. // En los aÃąos noventa tuve el placer de recorrer parte de este canal en bicicleta, cuando me fuà desde Madrid a Languedoc de camping. Creo que nunca he vuelto a experimentar tanta felicidad.
Great History and Documentary Loved it.
Tout simplement gÃĐnial ðð
Les chemins de halages ÃĐtaient trÃĻs important pour tirer les bateaux
Pas forcÃĐment , pourquoi ?.
Plus visionnaire que nos ÃĐcolos d'aujourd'hui et surtout plus rÃĐalistes , honnÊtes et intelligents
Magnificent. Thanks you.
Passionnant
Waouw, quel chef d'Åuvre, magnifique reportage, merci pour ce superbe partage ðððŧððŧ
Magnifique. Vive la france!
That's proper engineering!
Smart people inventing incredible structures that have never been attempted before and that lasted.
Yes but China did it in the 5th century! was a bit longer than this one.
TrÃĻs trÃĻs fort les ingÃĐnieurs !!..
Lo tengo como quien dice al lado y no lo he visitado. Algo que corregirÃĐ en breve.
ÂĄÂĄGracias por el video!!
Magnifique !
Very well done docu.
Thank you for producing and presenting this. When I learned of the canals existence I got extremely interested in thd justification for the project. It seems Gibraltar has always been a pinch-point, for whichever maritime empire controls it.
Learning about Germany vs Britain during the second war, in North Africa, really drove it home how important is control
Of Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria. As a North American the Mediterranean is so fascinating that thereâs only ONE WAY IN (only the Black Sea is more curious)
Un rÃĐgal.
I agree that the canal itself is a masterpiece. Unfortunately the local government has neglected the bike route along the canal, it is over quite long distances in a abysmal condition. It was still great, although I was sometimes annoyed by the condition of the cycle path.
Did you get a lot of punctures? ð
De trÃĻs belles publicitÃĐs!
Je suis nÃĐ sur le canal du midi
On peut savoir un peu plus sur votre naissance sur le canal, svp.
Marvelous engineering. I wonder, the locks were made ovoid, to better withstand pressure, so why was the dam made straight?
J' ai eu de quoi m' ÃĐpancher .(en pensant au dÃĐrÃĻglement climatique ... mais ... l' espoir ferait-il vivre le canal du midi ?)
Fantastic. Could we have the French version with the English subtitles? Iâd like to practice my French.
le premier pont canal de l'histoire est cistercien (soit tout dÃĐbut du XIIIÃĻme siÃĻcle) 'rÃĐalisÃĐ pour accroitre l'offre d'eau dans l'abbaye de Citeaux c'est le pont des Arvaux: le canal chevauche la riviÃĻre avec deux arches
Plus de 300ans aprÃĻs, cet ouvrage d'art existe encore.
C'est la preuve que l'on savait construire et durer tout en y ajoutant une foi immense dans l'excellence, la maitrise, la rÃĐflexion, le soin apportÃĐ.
Qu'en sera-t-il pour Beaubourg, la DÃĐfense et autres dÃĐchets urban inutiles, dispendieux, lamentablement laids et sans ÃĒmes ?
Jadis, on construisait des chÃĒteaux aujourdâhui : on dÃĐverse des pistes cyclables partout tel du pesticide balancÃĐ Ã tout va . ( je grossi dÃĐlibÃĐrÃĐment le trait ) mais c'est un constat que jâobserve.
Mon pays est devenu une benne à ordure, un ÃĐgout à ciel ouvert alors qu'avant, c'ÃĐtait un ÃĐclat de beautÃĐ, un ÃĐcrin d'excellence et d'intelligence. L'accomplissement de l'Homme dans ce qu'il savait faire de plus beaux et de plus harmonieux dans l'ÃĐquilibre et l'audace technique et scientifique.
I agree with your sentiment; for an admiration of past engineering and ascetics.
For thousands of years until approximately 1900, constructions were built with simple, natural materials such as stone and lime mortar which harmonised and aged with the environment. 80% or more of the populations were connected with agriculture/land directly or indirectly. Since 2004 more than 50% of the worldâs 8bn population are now urban and completely disconnected from the natural world; living in concrete and tarmac; in buildings made from carcinogenic products of the petrochemical industry.
Between1650-1900 and particularly during the years of enlightenment in Europe, governments, royalty and intellectuals embraced and encouraged science, innovation and engineering, setting high standards and goals; these were the 10% that motivated.
However today as seen in the UK especially in the âpublic sectorâ administrators have no standards; they let infrastructure deteriorate and just manage decline whilst wasting vast sums of taxpayerâs money on bureaucracy believing this is their only purpose, other than having a lifetime living off the public purse.
Probably the greatest achievement in the 19 century was the extraordinary engineering accomplishment of railways giving enormous economic benefit and safe reliable public transport for all. The closure of many of the railways since the 1950â âmay have been an understandable economic decisionâ but only in the short term. However the REAL CRIME by short sighted bureaucrats is the selling off the land of the track beds for profit to private development. These well engineered LEVEL communication corridors connecting centres of population, will definitely be needed again in the future. At least France by making them into cycle ways is keeping them in public ownership and they can easily be reverted into public transport routes in future: however not in the UK as they have largely been built on and demolished so depriving future generations.
With this enormous increase in bureaucrats living off the publicâs taxes and desire for always more; it can be seen that the governments embracing and encouragement of individual car transport since the 1950âs is because it is the greatest tax revenue generator for government as the motor industry is taxed at every level. Railways and canals do not produce enough tax.
Yes âthe lamentably ugly and soulless urban wasteâ is created by an urban population who know nothing else; are now in the majority and control the public purse.
So with the world population out of control, being no longer connected to the land and having tripled in just two generations, it should be remembered that the dinosaurs lived for much longer. However they farted themselves into extinction by changing the climate, so I am sure that it will not be long also before the âurbanitesâ have totally destroyed our environment: then nature will resolve another species into extinction. In the meantime let us enjoy a journey along the canals of France.
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Magnifique !
ceux qui ne comprennent pas la complexitÃĐ, le gÃĐnie et l'ÃĐnormitÃĐ de cette rÃĐalisation gigantesque sont de pauvres gens. car quel ÃĐmerveillement !
During the same time in Sub Saharan Africa they had just figured out how to carry water in pots on their heads 5 kilometers to the village. They continue doing the same today.
Did the canal twice on a rental boat, if you have the means to do it. it is an experience to never forget. do the descent from carcassonne to agde to get the best experience
L eau, l'ÃĐternelle question, qui doit en avoir l'usage, quelles sont les prioritÃĐs?
Faudra que je le descende à vÃĐlo un de ces quatre..ça devrait Être une belle balade ! :)
C ÃĐtait le projet de monsieur RIQUET, et SA rÃĐalisation. GrÃĒce à son gÃĐnie et sa dÃĐtermination . Pendant que le roi de France se gavai à Versailles
OhÃĐ, la France Insoumise ! Dites, à propos de "rÃĐalisation", et si on arrivait à "rÃĐaliser" une phrase sans faire de grossiÃĻre faute de conjugaison ? Allez, un peu de 'dÃĐtermination' pour maÃŪtriser les rÃĻgles ÃĐlÃĐmentaires de la grammaire, que diable !
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29:00 when he mentions 'Wages of Fear', he makes reference to a movie from 1953. In an unnamed Central American town, a gang of drifters is hired to transport a load of explosives to an oil field. The barely existent road goes thru jungle and over mountains, making hauling the load of nitroglycerine extremely dangerous
To do the job, the drivers are offered a lot of money. But the trip on bad roads and rickety bridges is very hard and not everybody makes it to their destination.
Excellent!!!
People I know who have traveled the canal, say the route is in dire need of dredging. Many many sections are just too silted up for boat travel.
Encore du Vauban sur ce projet ! Mais quand dormait-il pardi ?!ð ð
Pierre-Paul Riquet mÃĐrite bien sa statue à BÃĐziers.
En Belgique nous avons rÃĐsolut ce problÃĻme par un ascenseur a bateaux
Super video ! Mais la musique... ðĐ
Encore une construction faite trÃĻs rapidement avec trÃĻs peu de matÃĐriel de machine comme dans le cas de Haussmann.
Je n'avais aucune idee de ce canal.
Les ÃĐquivalents en millions d euros me font doucement rire quand on sait combien coute les travaux public . Incroyable que cela a pu etre fait en seulement 15 ans sans machines , seulement a la main. Meme aujourd'hui avec toutes nos pelleteuse je ne suis pas sur qu on y arriverait dans ces dÃĐlais !
Incredible project, even more incredible that it's from the 17th century.
I grew up near a canal in the us, that opened at the beginning of the 19th century, and it was like a little muddy ditch in comparison. There were no mechanisms for controlling flooding or silt, and although it sort of remains today as a walking path, it hasn't been navigable for more than 50 years.
Well concrete did exist before this canal in the form of the Pantheon in Rome. Details.
They should enlarge it for modern shipping
Dommage on t attendait à Lanzarote !
Alors deja a cette ÃĐpoque ils connaissaient les risques de grandes sÃĐcheresses et inondations ! Ãtait-ce le debut du changement climatique ?
In the place where I reside, people inhabited crude structures, fearful of God and burning witches when the initial Canal du Midi works were commenced. I am sorry to say that things have barely progressed here since that time.
Là oÃđ je habite, les gens habitaient dans des structures rudimentaires, craignaient Dieu et brÃŧlaient des sorciÃĻres lorsque les premiers travaux du Canal du Midi ont commencÃĐ. Je suis dÃĐsolÃĐ de dire que les choses ont à peine progressÃĐ ici depuis cette ÃĐpoque.
Au dÃĐbut il est dit que le canal faisait une dizaine de mÃĻtres de profondeur : il fait 1.60 de tirant dâeau. Je passais à peine avec la quille de 1.45 de mon voilier et talonnais souvent
Il y a des endroits oÃđ la profondeur est infÃĐrieure à 1,30 m . Des voiliers envasÃĐs on en a vus.
Peut-Être qu'il n'est plus entretenu comme il l'ÃĐtait à l'ÃĐpoque oÃđ le tourisme n'existait pas encore.
Peut Être que la profondeur ÃĐtait calculÃĐe par rapport au niveau du sol.
moi je saute dans le canal en ÃĐtÃĐ depuis un pont entre agde et vias, j ai jamais touchÃĐ le fond
Wonder how many FRENCh know about this canal.- Normally- one hears about Louis XIV only about Versailles.About his mistresses. And the - doings and screxxxs - at the court. I never even knew such a canal existed...
Quand lâEtat va-t-il lancer une rÃĐflexion pour gÃĐrer les sÃĐcheresses des uns et les crues des autres?
et le pont canal à Beziers on en parle pas ? pourquoi ?
The necessity to construct this channel has not been just because of Spanish interests, but also because of extensive piracy of islamic North Africa. This problem ended only with the French invasion in Algeria.
Other old canals with tunnels: Canal de Briare Tunnel (1642, France)
Weilburg(Hessen, Germany) is a town with three tunnels: 1 for the river Lahn, 1 for rail and a new one with a street
Great and fascinating achievement... too bad it has cheesy video game sampled music.
What is the canal that crosses ove the Garonne at Agen?
To think the plans were written with quill pens.
Une ÃĐpoque prospÃĻre ? Pour qui ?
Macaron n a pas encore essayÃĐ de le vendre ? Patientez, ca va venir...
Today I do not think their Brains are that Big.
"Ã l'ÃĐpoque, le bÃĐton n'existe pas"...
C'est une blague ? On avait peut-Être oubliÃĐ la recette mais les Romains utilisaient le bÃĐton à large ÃĐchelle, par exemple.
L'Orb est un fleuve!!!
filmÃĐ pendant la pandÃĐmie? y a pas un chat!
We are looking forward to cleaner water in French canals. There are no "pump out" facilities for boats. Disgusting!