• Thumbnail for Canal du Midi
    with the aim of developing the wheat trade, under the supervision of Pierre-Paul Riquet, and construction lasted from 1666 to 1681, during the reign of Louis...
    104 KB (14,963 words) - 04:30, 9 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Riquet station
    modernised on 28 January 2003. It was named after French engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet (born Béziers, 1609; died Toulouse, 1680), who conceived and carried...
    7 KB (439 words) - 17:22, 27 September 2023
  • 2012. During the 8th European Parliament, the single Radical MEP Dominique Riquet sat with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group...
    51 KB (5,016 words) - 03:15, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2024 European Parliament election in France
    Farreng Christophe Grudler Max Orville Marie-Pierre Vedrenne Radical Party 2   Catherine Amalric Dominique Riquet Horizons 2   Gilles Boyer Nathalie Loiseau...
    144 KB (3,189 words) - 18:37, 16 June 2024
  • several political figures including Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Pierre Gattaz, although it was also criticised by Jean-Luc Mélenchon...
    67 KB (5,617 words) - 18:11, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of fountains in Paris
    Villette, Square de la Porte-de-la-Villette, rue Forceval (1969). Fontaine Riquet, Rue de Flandres/rue Riquet. (1978–1980), Martin S. Van Treeck, architect...
    46 KB (5,820 words) - 18:50, 25 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Canal de l'Ourcq
    improvements had been made to bring potable water to Paris. Engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet proposed building a canal from the Ourcq, however his suggestion was...
    11 KB (1,254 words) - 17:46, 11 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Toulouse
    the presence of King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu. In 1666, Pierre-Paul Riquet started the construction of the Canal du Midi which links Toulouse...
    111 KB (10,820 words) - 03:20, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cherbourg
    Le Pen (FN). 2009 election (37.63% participation): 24.98% for Dominique Riquet (UMP), 22.51% for Gilles Pargneaux (PS), 14.2% for Hélène Flautre (Europe...
    230 KB (24,915 words) - 00:30, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ponts Jumeaux
    realized in the 17th century by the Languedoc States on behalf of which Pierre-Paul Riquet excavated the Midi Canal from Sète to Toulouse. The Midi Canal's waters...
    9 KB (1,066 words) - 08:22, 2 January 2021
  • Thumbnail for Michelle de Bonneuil
    exchange roels, even if they were two different people Cited by Michel Riquet, Augustin de Barruel, un Jésuite face aux Jacobins franc-maçons, 1741-1820...
    64 KB (1,692 words) - 10:52, 10 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paris Métro Line 7
    important transfer point in the Métro system, where the line turns to run below Rue La Fayette. Metro Line 7 passes near several places of interest : The Parc...
    9 KB (855 words) - 11:58, 29 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lionel Abelanski
    Arnaud Cassand Short Les femmes d'abord Hamor Peter Kassovitz TV movie Riquet Berthelot Bertrand Arthuys TV movie L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé...
    11 KB (81 words) - 08:48, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Valenciennes
    resigned when he entered the national government 2002–2012: Dominique Riquet 2012–present: Laurent Degallaix Philippa of Hainault (1310/1315 - 1369)...
    25 KB (2,658 words) - 10:15, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Agde
    Canal du Midi started with destroying the retail buildings around Hôtel Riquet, the Agde offices of the canal's founder. Access to the city tunnel under...
    72 KB (7,557 words) - 19:23, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Granville, Manche
    43.76% turnout. European Parliament election, 2009: 31.12% for Dominique Riquet (UMP), 17.72% for Hélène Flautre (Europe Ecology), 41.13% turnout. Regional...
    128 KB (12,450 words) - 23:49, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit
    Constantinople. Victor-Louis-Charles de Riquet, marquis puis duc de Caraman, pair de France, ambassador in Vienna. Pierre-Louis-Jean-Casimir, duc de Blacas...
    135 KB (15,997 words) - 09:18, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Napoleon III
    Napoleon III: Empire at Home, Colonies Abroad (Springer Nature, 2022). de Riquet, Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise, The Last Love of an Emperor: reminiscences...
    182 KB (23,936 words) - 07:58, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Paris Métro stations
    11th 1,832,442 (until 1998: Rue des Boulets - Rue de Montreuil) Rue du Bac 1910-11-05 underground Paris 7th 1,423,364 Rue Saint-Maur 1904-10-19 underground...
    125 KB (349 words) - 15:59, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Architecture of the Paris Métro
    architectural styles of the 1920s and 1930s. Conversely, a number of entrances (Riquet, Pernety) are built into the ground floor of existing buildings. Also known...
    47 KB (4,929 words) - 17:18, 22 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Victor Prévost
    an appointment, and yesterday at noon, he was in my room at Number 75 Rue Riquet. On my bed, he spread out his wares, arguing for the price of 240 francs...
    43 KB (5,978 words) - 16:49, 22 May 2024
  • libitum, music by Plantade, 1846 Les Rues de Paris ou le nouveau conducteur parisien !, song, music by Plantade, 1846 Riquet à la houppe ou l'avantage d'avoir...
    12 KB (1,669 words) - 07:19, 23 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Muret
    in a neo-classical style and side chapels were built. House of 1823, 30 Rue Clément-Ader Clément Ader Park The Château de Cadeilhac The Château de Rudelle...
    33 KB (2,587 words) - 13:03, 30 April 2024
  • Jean Imbert, L'Histoire des hôpitaux en France. Jean-Denis Bergasse, Pierre-Paul Riquet et le canal du Midi dans les arts et la littérature. Jean-Marie Paupert...
    50 KB (6,335 words) - 19:30, 3 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of works by Jean Antoine Injalbert
    Antoine Injalbert in Béziers. Photograph courtesy Brigitte Hamey. Injalbert's Paul Arène. Part of Molière statue by Injalbert Part of Molière statue in Pezenas...
    50 KB (1,384 words) - 22:04, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aspet, Haute-Garonne
    part of the royal territories. Thus, in the main street of Aspet (Grand-rue), which leads to the church, are to be found the remains of the Royal Judges...
    4 KB (368 words) - 05:15, 6 October 2023