|  Le canal du Midi, near Toulouse (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le canal du Midi, near Toulouse (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  The Canal du Midi, liaison between the Meditarranean and the Atlantic.
 |  Pierre-Paul Riquet and his letter to Colbert, encouraging him to support the canal's construction.
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|  Le canal du Midi, Michel et Andia (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Portrait of Pierre-Paul Riquet, le Baron de Bonrepos, who supervised the construction.
 |  Painting of people working on the Canal's construction (17th century).
 |  Reproduction of the original plan of the Saint-Ferréol dam, necessary to feed the Canal with water.
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|  House (now the museum) at Saint-Ferréol dam, shown in the previous picture (left side).
 |  Le canal du Midi, near Toulouse (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le canal du Midi, near Michel's house (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le canal du Midi, near Toulouse (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
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|  The Négra lock (écluse); particularity: the chappel on the left.
 |  The Négra lock (écluse); near Toulouse.
 |  The lock (écluse) Négra's house; near Toulouse.
 |  The water 'division' (for easy reading, click on 'original' below).
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|  Explanation (click on 'original', below for easy reading).
 |  Castelnaudary's locks; there are 3 in sequence.
 |  Castelnaudary's locks.
 |  At Castelnaudary: a desactivated hydro turbine.
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|  Castelnaudary's locks.
 |  Michel Lajoie-Mazenc (left) and Jean Hector; they live in Toulouse area.
 |  Castelnaudary's locks.
 |  Castelnaudary.
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|  The péniches at Castelnaudary.
 |  Castelnaudary.
 |  The péniches at Castelnaudary.
 |  Castelnaudary.
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|  The lac of Castelnaudary (péniches 'parking'; the lac belongs to the Canal du Midi complex).
 |  Castelnaudary.
 |  The Canal du Midi, near Michel's house, at Pompertuzat (from slide, circa 1987-1997).
 |  The Saint-Ferréol water reservoir.
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|  At the Saint-Ferréol complex.
 |  Le canal du Midi, in Toulouse (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  A 'rigole' at the Saint-Ferréol complex.
 |  Michel Lajoie-Mazenc (center), Jean Hector and Nelson Sadowski; visitint the Saint-Ferréol reservoir  (2013).
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|  At the Saint-Ferréol complex.
 |  Le canal du Midi, in Toulouse (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  A Lauragais typical landscape.
 |  Le canal du Midi, in Toulouse (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
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|  Near the écluse Négra; swallow (hirondelle) nests.
 |  The Lauragais.
 |  The Lauragais.
 |  Le Lauragais, near Michel's house (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
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|  Le Lauragais (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le Lauragais, near Michel's house, at Pompertuzat (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  In the Lauragais area (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le Lauragais, near Michel's house (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
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|  Le Lauragais (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le Lauragais (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le Lauragais; typical church tower (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  A péniche, typical boat of the Canal du Midi, near Toulouse (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
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|  Andia, Michel's partner, at the Canal du Midi (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le Lauragais (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le Lauragais (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
 |  Le Lauragais, near Michel's house (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
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|  The Lauragais.
 |  The Lauragais.
 |  A Lauragais' small village.
 |  The Lauragais.
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|  Castelnaudary.
 |  A restaurant in Castelnaudary: 'le cassoulet' is the typical food, not to be missed.
 |  Castelnaudary.
 |  Le Lauragais (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
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|  In a Lauragais' small village.
 |  In a small village of the Lauragais.
 |  A Lauragais' small village.
 |  A Lauragais' small village.
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|  Lauragais' small village.
 |  Church in a Lauragais' small village.
 |  In a Lauragais' small village.
 |  Lauragais landscape, near Michel's house, at Pompertuzat (photo from slide; circa 1987-1997).
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