20의 아이그-비베가지 명소 & 주요 장소

Several walking options are available. Either an out-and-back on the paved road starting from Cruzy (7.4km, 130m elevation gain), or a loop that turns towards Villespassans without actually reaching it, skirting around L'Estagnol and descending to the right to the Chapel of Sainte Foi (10km, 210m elevation gain). A small correction regarding the incorrect names: The first gorge at Roquefourcade (the village spring) is called Marie-Coquette, the ruined building after the small Chapel of Sainte Foi is called the Sainte Foi Sheepfold, and the second gorge that climbs towards Les Gyssières (Platières) is called Marie-Close. This walk is especially recommended after the spring rains when there is water in the Nazoure River and waterfalls at Marie-Close.

a good way to stock up

Picturesque town with a large arched bridge.

Beautiful place. For me one of the most beautiful villages in France.

Pretty village along the Canal du Midi. Don't miss the old post box...

Very pretty canal, less known than the Canal du Midi, shaded. Do not miss the Gailhousty site, at the downstream outlet of the Canal de Jonction on the Aude river. This canal, put into operation in 1787, allows to make the connection between the Canal du Midi and the Canal de la Robine de Narbonne. The Gailhousty site consists of a lock, a spillway, a bridge and a dry dock. Upstream of the lock, the canal is protected from the floods of the Aude thanks to a system of dikes which surround it up to Sallèles-d'Aude. Downstream of the lock is a space designed to be able to be submerged during heavy floods: the spillway. The bridge is designed to provide rapid access to all points of the site, is of neat architecture, with a low arched vault and four quarter-circle staircases placed at each corner. During floods, it is necessary to be able to react quickly and maneuver the defense systems in time. Placed on the downstream head of the lock, it participates in the system of containing the strongest floods. The monumental spillway, 30 meters long, is located on the left bank of the canal between the Gailhousty lock and the Aude. Its front facade on the canal side is pierced with vertical crenellations that plunge into the water. At the rear, it has 5 arched openings at the foot of which launches an 8km long landing channel called "La Saignée" directed towards the Capestang pond. This building houses no less than 15 oversized valves. It is not intended to evacuate excess water from the Jonction canal but must allow the passage of flood water from the Aude river. Originally, it was planned that this water loaded with fertile silt would be directed into the Capestang pond to fill it and promote crops there.

It is one of the most emblematic places on the canal: its buildings, its chapel, its inn, its humpback bridge, its stores, bear witness to the activity of the time around the canal. Once the work on the canal was finished, an administration was set up to manage navigation on the canal. Seven divisions were created along the canal. The Somail division covered 45 km. A passenger transport service was also set up, the stop at the Somail inn corresponded to the third day of navigation from Toulouse. The building even had a dungeon...

We fortified ourselves again at Café NOK9.