Hers Aqueduct

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The Hers Aqueduct (Aqueduc de l'Hers, also Aqueduc des Voûtes, Occitan: Aqüeducte d'Sòu) is one of several aqueducts, or water bridges, created for the Canal du Midi. It crosses the river Hers-Mort near the village of Renneville, south of Villefranche-de-Lauragais. The structure was first built in 1688–1690, but the present structure is the result of modifications by Jean-Polycarpe Maguès in 1806, chief engineer on the Canal du Midi. It has been listed since 1998 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

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