Jouarres Aqueduct

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The Jouarres Aqueduct is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi. In Jouarres le Vieux France, it carries the canal over a small stream. It is one of three original aqueducts created by Pierre-Paul Riquet during the building of the canal from 1667 to 1681. ()

Local name: Pont-canal de Jouarres Coordinates: 43°15'51"N, 2°41'47"E

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Jouarres Aqueduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Aiguille Aqueduct, Argent-Double Aqueduct, Homps Lock, Pechlaurier Lock.

5.1 miSW
Aqueduct
Aiguille Aqueduct
131 min walk • The Aiguille Aqueduct is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi. In Puichéric France, it carries the canal over a small stream, the Rigole de l'Etang. It is one of three original aqueducts created by Pierre-Paul Riquet during the building of the canal from 1667 to 1681.
1.8 miSW
Aqueduct
Argent-Double Aqueduct, La Redorte
45 min walk • The Argent-Double Aqueduct is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi. The Argent-Double stream is culverted under the canal at La Redorte.
1.7 miE
Canal
Homps Lock, Homps
45 min walk • Homps Lock is a single chamber lock on the Canal du Midi. It lies east of the small town of Homps in the Aude region of Languedoc, France. The adjacent locks are Ognon Lock 689 metres to the east and Jouarres Lock 3688 metres to the west.
3.2 miE
Canal
Pechlaurier Lock
82 min walk • Pechlaurier Lock is a double-chamber lock on the Canal du Midi in the Aude region of Languedoc, France. The adjacent locks are Argens Lock 2,485 metres to the east and Ognon Lock 2,726 metres to the west.
2.2 miE
Canal
Ognon Lock
56 min walk • Ognon Lock is a double chamber lock on the Canal du Midi in the Aude region of Languedoc, France. The adjacent locks are Pechlaurier Lock 2726 metres to the east and Homps Lock 689 metres to the west.
3.9 miNE
Area
Beaufort, Oupia
101 min walk • Beaufort is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
4.5 miE
Canal
Argens Lock
115 min walk • Argens Lock is a single chamber lock on the Canal du Midi. It lies east of the small town of Argens in the Aude region of Languedoc, France. The adjacent locks are Fonserannes Lock 53,868 metres to the east and Pechlaurier Lock 2485 metres to the west.
2.2 miE
Aqueduct
Ognon Aqueduct
56 min walk • The Ognon Aqueduct is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi. It was built in 1826-27 to replace the troublesome level crossing of the Ognon River.
1.8 miSW
Canal
Épanchoir d'Argentdouble, La Redorte
45 min walk • The Épanchoir de d'Argentdouble is a siphon for water release from the Canal du Midi immediately to the west of the Argent-Double Aqueduct and southeast of the village of La Redorte.
4.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Château de Puichéric, Puichéric
117 min walk • The castle of Puichéric is a castle located in Puichéric, in the Minervois region of France, in the Occitanie region.
4.5 miSW
Church
Church of the Assumption, Puichéric
116 min walk • The church of Notre-Dame de Puichéric is a church located in France in the commune of Puichéric, in the department of Aude in the Occitanie region.