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1681Canal du Midi opensCanal linking the Atlantic and the Mediterranean is inauguratedThe Canal du Midi, designed by Pierre-Paul Riquet, was officially opened after fourteen years of construction. Running about 240 km from Toulouse to the Mediterranean, it linked the Atlantic and the Mediterranean through the Garonne and was one of the greatest civil engineering works of its century.
1681Canal du Midi opensCanal linking the Atlantic and the Mediterranean is inauguratedThe Canal du Midi, designed by Pierre-Paul Riquet, was officially opened after fourteen years of construction. Running about 240 km from Toulouse to the Mediterranean, it linked the Atlantic and the Mediterranean through the Garonne and was one of the greatest civil engineering works of its century.