Écluses du Fresquel
Double and single canal locks split by the shortest pound on the Canal du Midi.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to the Écluses du Fresquel in Carcassonne goes back to around 1670, when Pierre-Paul Riquet, builder of the Canal du Midi, put a price on routing his waterway past the town, and the consuls had to decide whether it was worth it. It follows a floodprone river, a cart port at Foucaud, and a town watching trade go elsewhere. Best heard standing between the double lock and the single lock below it.
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