Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Canal du Midi' has mentioned 'The Atlantic' in the following places:
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The canal connects the Garonne to the xc3x89tang de Thau on the Mediterranean and along with the 193xc2xa0km (120xc2xa0mi) long Canal de Garonne forms the Canal des Deux Mers, joining the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. | WIKI |
Strictly speaking, "Canal du Midi" refers to the portion initially constructed from Toulouse to the Mediterranean xe2x80x93 the Deux-Mers canal project aimed to link together several sections of navigable waterways to join the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: first the Canal du Midi, then the Garonne which was more or less navigable between Toulouse and Bordeaux, then the Garonne Lateral Canal built later, and finally the Gironde estuary after Bordeaux. | WIKI |
Location of the Canal du Midi and its branch to Port-la-Nouvelle, part of the Canal des Deux Mers route from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic | WIKI |
The Canal du Midi is a summit-level canal, climbing from Toulouse on the Atlantic side over a distance of 52xc2xa0km to the Seuil de Naurouze or summit level, where the feeder canal enters. | WIKI |
Numerous and sometimes utopian projects were devised to build a canal between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. | WIKI |
Compared to canals, managing rivers is difficult but only one canal is required between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. | WIKI |
On the Atlantic side, he proposed several layouts: one to pass by Castres and Revel through the Seuil de Graissens and Agout. | WIKI |
In 1663 Riquet conducted field studies to finally fix the path on the Atlantic side by the seuil de Naurouze along the valley of the Hers-Vif to Toulouse downstream of the Garonne. | WIKI |
Thus, the construction of the canal would permit the creation of a direct passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic without passing through the Strait of Gibraltar controlled by the Spaniards, the aim being to destroy the Spanish trade and establish a commercial flow through Languedoc. | WIKI |
Finally, in 1857 the Canal latxc3xa9ral xc3xa0 la Garonne was opened between Toulouse and Castets-en-Dorthe, completing the link between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea that Riquet had dreamt of. | WIKI |
It can again play its original role in allowing the transit of boats between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. | WIKI |
The Canal du Midi is the initial part of the Deux-Mers Canal project which aimed to link the Mediterranean and the Atlantic by connecting several sections of waterways. | UNESCO |