Pont-canal de la Cesse | |
|---|---|
 The Cesse Aqueduct | |
| Coordinates | 43°16′48″N2°54′55″E / 43.28000°N 2.91528°E /43.28000; 2.91528 |
| Carries | Canal du Midi |
| Crosses | River Cesse |
| Locale | Mirepeisset |
| Characteristics | |
| Trough construction | Masonry |
| Pier construction | Masonry |
| Towpaths | Both |
| Longest span | 18.3 metres (60 ft) |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1690 |
| Location | |
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Cesse Aqueduct (French:Pont-Canal de la Cesse) is one of severalaqueducts, or water bridge, created for theCanal du Midi. Originally, the canal crossed the Cesse on the level.Pierre-Paul Riquet, the original architect of the canal, had placed a curved dam 205 metres (673 ft) long and 9.10 metres (29.9 ft) high across the Cesse in order to collect water to make the crossing possible; the aqueduct replaced this dam.
The Cesse Aqueduct was designed in 1686 byMarshal Sebastien Vauban and completed in 1690 byAntoine Niquet. Master mason wasJohn Gaudot.[1] It has three spans, the middle being 18.3 metres (60 ft) and the side being 14.6 metres (48 ft) each. It is located inMirepeisset,Aude (11),Languedoc-Roussillon,France, about one mile from the port town ofLe Somail.[2][3]
In 1967, a scene from"Le Petit Baigneur" directed byRobert Dhéry, withLouis de Funès, was filmed a Cesse Aqueduct.
