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	Pierre-Paul Riquet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pierre-Paul Riquet (June 29, 1609 (some sources say 1604) - October 4, 1680) was the engineer and canal-builder responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi during the second half of the 17th century.
		Born in Béziers, Hérault, France, Riquet was the man behind the huge task of building an artificial waterway to link the southern coast of France with the Bay of Biscay.
		Riquet was involved in the construction of the canal from 1665 to 1680, which was when he died.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Paul_Riquet (298 words)

	Pierre Paul Riquet -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The logistics of this were immense and very complicated, so much so that other engineers and even the (A New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58) Romans had discussed the idea but not proceeded with it.
		After returning to farming salt (Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government) taxes in (additional info and facts about Languedoc) Languedoc he became farmer-general of (A region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there) Languedoc-Roussillon.
		Riquet was now a wealthy man who was given permission by the King to raise his own taxes.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pierre_paul_riquet.htm (259 words)

	Canal du Midi - The Canal - Pierre-Paul Riquet : a man's genius
		A man of considerable intelligence and undeniable business sense,a passionate engineer, a genius man in the vanguard of social issues, impetuous and audacious Pierre Paul Riquet realized the dream he had to link the ocean to the sea.
		Pierre Paul Riquet was born in Béziers, between 1604 and 1609.
		Pierre-Paul Riquet died on October 1st 1680, in Toulouse before his great work was completed.
	www.canal-du-midi.org /english/rubriques/canal/histoire/m-riquet.htm (304 words)

	The Canal du Midi - the story of Pierre-Paul Riquet
		The energy and imagination of Pierre-Paul Riquet combined with the political environment of the reign of Louis XIV to bring this project to life, but the concept existed a millennium and a half earlier.
		Pierre-Paul Riquet was such a person, for part of the Languedoc region, which gave him the necessary wealth, influence and local knowledge to combine with his exceptional ability to manage both people and advanced technical projects.
		Riquet spent a long time exploring the area around the ridge known as the Montagne Noire which now forms the southern boundary of the Parc du Haut Languedoc.
	www.franceforfreebooters.com /Article5.htm (867 words)

	Le Canal du Midi en Languedoc : History of the Canal's construction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was when he was attending a meeting of the Council of the Counts of Languedoc, of which his father was a member, that he saw a presentation of the plans for a canal linking the "two seas".
		It was Pierre-Paul Riquet himself who put up the money for the start of the project, which proceeded in three tranches: The Toulouse-Trèbes section, which Riquet financed himself, together with the reservoirs and supply channels, represented the first tranche.
		Riquet had been forced to do constant battle to obtain the money needed and to settle the questions concerning the path it should take.
	www.canalmidi.com /anglais/historgb.html (763 words)

	Pierre-Paul, Baron Riquet de Bonrepos -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		One of the leading mathematicians of the 17th century was the Frenchman Pierre de Fermat.
		One of the greatest poets of the French Renaissance was Pierre de Ronsard.
		Paul Gaugin briefly joined van Gogh in the town of Arles, but left after the artist cut off part of his own ear.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9063767?tocId=9063767 (686 words)

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		Pierre-Paul Riquet, the Baron of Bonrepos, devoted the last 14 years of his life to the outlandish project - a 240 km canal, from Toulouse to the Bassin de Thau.
		Because of some reluctance by the government to finance such a project, Riquet chose to personally finance the digging of the channel, 20 miles long, which allowed him to bring and collect water into the basin.
		Technical difficulties surrounding the canal were numerous, and many Riquet’s detractors anxiously waited the slightest "faux-pas" to have the project halted.
	www.francopats.com /articles1/article.htm (1151 words)

	Le Canal du Midi en Languedoc : Paul Riquet (English version) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His ancestors came from Florence (the Arrighetti branch) and from Provence (the Riquetty branch), eventually becoming the Riquet family, the Counts of Camaran.
		Paul's father was a public lawyer, the King's Prosecutor, and more to the point perhaps, a very successful business man. He encouraged his son to try for a post in the Administration of the Salt Tax, knowing that this was the way to rapid personal enrichment.
		These conditions, amounting to social protection and high wages, made Riquet many enemies with builders in the region, whose own workers were incited to push for similar benefits for themselves.
	www.canalmidi.com /anglais/paulrigb.html (580 words)

	Canal du Midi - The Canal - Pierre-Paul Riquet : the discovery
		Pierre Paul Riquet lives in Revel next to the watershed.
		Assisted in his research by the fontain designer, Pierre Campmas, they check on the water flow of the Fontaine La Grave, located 48.70 metres above the Garonne river near Monferrand, at Naurouze Sill.
		To his satisfaction Pierre Paul Riquet sees that the water flows on both sides : to the Méditerranean and to the Atlantic océan.
	www.canal-du-midi.org /english/rubriques/canal/histoire/m-riquet1.htm (119 words)

	Canal du Midi Travel Information about France Canal du Midi France vacation travel to France tour tourism francemonthly
		Pierre-Paul Riquet did not hesitate to survey the Black Mountain with a water diviner - on the mountainside situated to the north of Villefranche-de-Lauragay and Carcassonne - finally to discover the source that would serve as the starting point.
		At the time of his death, just a few months before the work was complete, Riquet was so indebted that his beneficiaries were forced to sell half of their parts of the canal.
		Technical difficulties surrounding the canal were numerous, and many of Riquet's detractors anxiously awaited the slightest "faux-pas" to have the project halted.
	www.francemonthly.com /n/0102 (1996 words)

	Canal des 2 Mers, Canal du Midi
		It is Pierre Paul Riquet, Baron of Bonrepos, who turned the dream into reality.
		He was the visionary entrepreneur who devoted the last 20 years of his life to the mammoth task of building the Canal du Midi (240 km, from Toulouse to the Bassin de Thau, and 101 locks).
		Born in Béziers (Languedoc-Roussillon) in 1604, Riquet lived for many years close to Toulouse at Verfeil, and it is from here that he managed the works between 1662 and his death in 1680.
	www.worldcanals.com /vev/uk/canal2m.htm (416 words)

	Home Page - Corendal Art'Toulouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is part of a greater unit, managed a long time by the order of the preaching brothers congregation, and is part of the Jacobins Convent..
		Pierre D'Assézat: Pierre D'Assézat, born Assézat, was a rich industrial of the sixteenth century.
		Belle Paule: When François Ier was invited to receive the keys of Toulouse, in 1533, the Capitouls organized huge, extremely expensive festivities.
	corendal.com /java-corendal/arttoulouse/home/... (316 words)

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		The key words in the Joconde database and a letter in the Dossier at Versailles strongly suggest that the map is linked with one of the major enterprises in 17th century France: the construction of the Canal du Midi by Pierre-Paul Riquet.
		Rising 206 feet (63 m), via 26 locks, in its 32-mile (51.5-kilometre) journey to the summit of its route, it runs 3 miles (5 km) along the summit, then descends 114 miles (183.5 km) with a difference in elevation of 620 feet (189 m) taken up by 74 locks.
		The engineer, Pierre-Paul Riquet, overcame a rocky rise near Béziers by a daring innovation, employing fl powder to blast a 515-foot (157-metre) tunnel, 22 feet (6.7 m) wide and 27 feet (8 m) high, the first canal tunnel ever so built, and the first use of explosives in underground construction.
	www.leidenuniv.nl /fsw/verduin/stathist/huygens/acad1666/canal.htm (399 words)

	Pierre Paul Riquet - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pierre Paul Riquet (June 29, 1609 (some sources say 1604) - October 4, 1680) was the engineer and canal-builder responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi during the latter half of the 17th century.
		Even so, Louis XVI was keen for the project to proceed, largely because of the increasing cost and danger of transporting cargo and trade around southern Spain where pirates were frequent.
		The advancement in lock engineering and then the creation of a 6 million cubic metre artificial lake - the Bassin de Saint-Ferreol, solved this.
	www.free-definition.com /Pierre-Paul-Riquet.html (296 words)

	Cruising the Canal du Midi
		A royal tax collector, Riquet also happened to be the engineering genius who designed the canal in 1663.
		That's because Riquet's design called for a canal that traveled uphill to a point and then downhill the other way, like crossing a bridge, whereas most canals of the day simply descended.
		To help achieve this engineering miracle, Riquet employed the use of locks, staircase-like chambers that fill with water and raise or lower boats from one level of the canal to another.
	savvytraveler.publicradio.org /show/features/1999/19990724/midi.shtml (1211 words)

	Cathare castles and the history of Cathares - Argentine TANGO, Cathare CASTLES and French WINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pierre-Paul Riquet give it his personal fortune and then that of his wife.
		Riquet, exausted and sick, retired in his home and died some weeks later without having seen his life's master-piece achieved.
		The Canal du Midi is first and foremost an outstanding architectural achievement, but it also provides an ideal route to the discovery of the region's gastronomic delights.
	www.buenosairestango.com /tcv/eng/casteleng.htm (707 words)

	Where to go (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pierre-Paul Riquet (1604-1680) finally achieved this feat, which had been considered from Roman times onward.
		Pierre-Paul Riquet died 6 months before the canal was opened.
		Port Lauragais - Centre Pierre-Paul Riquet - exhibition - at the autoroute rest area between Villfranche de Lauragais and Castelnaudary, also accessible from Avignouet-Lauragais.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /malepereholidays/wheretogo.html (159 words)

	Pierre-Paul, Baron Riquet de Bonrepos -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The canal has been called the greatest civil engineering project in Europe from Roman times to the 19th century.
		A tax collector under Louis XIV, Riquet interested himself in the long-discussed problem of constructing a navigable waterway to provide a shortcut from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean.
		Worn out by his labours, he died while executing the final work on the harbour of Cette (modern Sète) at the Mediterranean terminus.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9063767 (156 words)

	Béziers
		Below the Oppidum there is another scenically interesting characteristic, the former semi-enclosed sea of Montady, which was dried out in 1247 and because of its regular circular shape of the fields, merging in the center, which reminds of an oversized cake.
		9 sluices of Fonseranes, the canal bridge (Pont-Canal) and the tunnel of Malpas are three of the most important buildings along this long waterway, which was planned and built by Pierre-Paul Riquet from Béziers in the 17th century.
		Friday market: since the 16.th century the market is on Friday - on Paul Riquet Avenue a lovely flower market, next to clothes -, flea-, and foodmarket.
	pezenes.info /english/beziers.htm (866 words)

	Canal du Midi et autres canaux
		En 1637, il se marie avec Catherine de Milhau, d'une famille aisée de Béziers dont il aura cinq enfants, la famille s'installa à Revel, où Pierre-Paul Riquet exercera durant 20 ans la fonction lucrative de fermier des gabelles, il y fera fortune...
		Enfant, Pierre-Paul Riquet avait assisté à la présentation aux Etats du Languedoc (où siégeait son père) d'un projet de canal de jonction des deux mers, sa vie durant cette idée le suivra...
		Pierre-Paul Riquet fût aussi un précurseur en ce qui concerne l'amélioration des conditions de travail de son époque...
	www.sunfrance.com /canal/index.php3?id_gmenu=487&langue=en (115 words)

	Toulouse Tourist Office: Meet the ghosts of Toulouse In the Botanical Gardens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Join the night-time strollers, wander along a path, stop by a flowerbed, a stream, a fountain and listen in the moonlight to the phantom's tales of the place and people of Toulouse: the Capitoul Guillaume Rivière, the Belle Paule, the poet Goudouli, Riquet and Calas...
		Paule de Viguier (16th Century): "I’m known as the lovely Paule.
		Pierre-Paul Riquet (17th Century): "I built the Canal du Midi.
	www.ot-toulouse.fr /English/manifacc/43904.html (622 words)

	France
		The Canal du Midi, 40 years of construction, started in 1681, was built by Pierre Paul Riquet with the help of 12.000 labourers.
		He constructed amongst others 55 aqueducts, 126 bridges, 7 canal bridges and 64 locks.
		Click for more information and pictures on the photograph of Pierre Paul Riquet.
	aquaduct.hobbysite.info /france.html (208 words)

	Canal Du Midi - Carcassonne Hotels - France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From Sète to Toulouse the 240km (149 mile) Canal du Midi winds its way between plane trees, vineyards and sleepy villages.
		A magnificent work achieved in the 17th century by Pierre-Paul Riquet and diverted through Carcassonne in 1777-1798, the Canal du Midi has been included in the World Heritage List of U.N.E.S.C.O. since 1996.
		It is only after one has seen the complete collection of works (the Cammazes, the dam of Saint-Ferréol, the lock of Fonsérannes, etc.) that one can fully assess the magnitude of the task performed more than 300 years ago.
	www.france-hotels.com /object.php?idContent=652 (145 words)

	CompuTours - Canal du Midi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Canal du Midi, in existence for more than 300 years, was constructed by Pierre Paul Riquet between 1667 and 1680, with the help of about 12,000 workers, who dug out 7,000,000m
		This represents 250km of Canal, built only by manpower during the reign of Louis XIV.
		Practically intact since it’s construction, the Canal du Midi was recognised by UNESCO as a world heritage site in 1996.
	www.computours.net /canalgb.htm (140 words)

	Issue 1 :: Travel :: Ship's Log
		Soon the Canal du Midi will end, and with it our everyday marveling at Pierre Paul Riquet’s engineering: a stone-lined spillway, an elegant aqueduct over the rocky river Cesse, a vaulted bank retaining a steep slope.
		Here in the grand bief, a stretch of canal unbroken by any locks, sixty kilometers of loops and curves mimic the graceful cursive hand of a signature.
		I imagine the large looping Ps of Pierre and Paul, the hard turn angles of Ts and Ls as we loop and S-curve through the Midi and the final initial R ends with a flourish.
	www.longvillage.com /issue1/travel/travel.html (935 words)

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