Reference
PA34000005
Latitude
43.330556
Longitude
3.199722
Address
1392 Chemin Rural 123 34500 Béziers
Construction era
2e moitié 17e siècle
Protection date
1996/10/14 : classé MH
Protection cause
Ensemble des écluses de Fonsérannes, y compris les parements des huit bassins, les quais de l'ensemble de l'ouvrage tant sur le canal du Midi que sur le canal d'évacuation, les quatorze volées d'escalier qui flanquent les bassins, les bornes d'amarre en pierre, le ponceau et la passerelle voûtés situés respectivement à l'extrémité aval de l'ouvrage et entre les quatrième et cinquième bassins (cad. non cadastré, domaine public fluvial) : classement par arrêté du 14 octobre 1996
Description
The Languedoc canal, also known as the two seas communication channel, was built during the reign of Louis XIV according to the plans of engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet, which transmitted his ideas to Colbert in 1662. The works began in 1667 with the channel section between Toulouse and Naurouse. In 1672, the first part of the canal was finished. After a few adjustments, the canal was finished definitively at the end of 1682. The construction of the Fonserannes locks took place between 1673 and 1680, and this lock maintains the water level in the large restraint which extends from the Argens lock.
