Adam de Craponne (French: [adɑ̃ də kʁapɔn]; 1526–1576) was a French engineer. He built the eponymous Canal de Craponne to irrigate the Désert de la Crau...
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the engineer Adam de Craponne to bring fresh water 25km from the river Durance at La Roque-d'Anthéron, via Alleins and Lamanon, to Salon-de-Provence and...
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gateways, the Porte de l'Horloge and the Porte du Bourg Neuf. In 1559 the engineer Adam de Craponne opened the Canal de Craponne to bring fresh water...
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scientist and pioneer of ballooning Adam de Craponne (1526–1576), engineer who implemented the Canal de Craponne in 1559 Jean Cruveilhier (1791–1874)...
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Nostradamus (redirect from Michel de Nostradame)
organised by Adam de Craponne, to create the Canal de Craponne to irrigate the largely waterless Salon-de-Provence and the nearby Désert de la Crau from...
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Canal de Craponne across the fetid swamps south east of the city. In 1554 Adam de Craponne began an irrigation project, building the Canal de Craponne from...
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Roquefavour Aqueduct (redirect from Aqueduc de Roquefavour)
Ventabren. The idea of the aqueduct was first envisaged by Adam de Craponne, an engineer from Salon de Provence, in 1565. After the drought of 1834 and the...
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century by Adam de Craponne. Water from the Durance was thus drawn off and channeled to this plain, first to Salon-de-Provence, via Saint-Martin-de-Crau and...
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Canal du Midi (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
He was inspired by the French engineer Adam de Craponne who had implemented the same system for the Craponne Canal. For this, he planned to recover the...
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century, under King Francis I and a detailed plan was prepared by Adam de Craponne in the time of Henry II. But nothing more happened until the Chief...
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Durance (category Rivers of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Canal Saint-Julien [fr], dug in 1171 by the Marquis de Forbin. It was followed by the Adam de Craponne canal, 50 kilometres (31 mi) long, dug in nine months...
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Mediterranean-Atlantic watershed boundary near Seuil de Naurouze. He was inspired by Adam de Craponne's theories, which had been used earlier by Hugues Cosnier...
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1666) Bucherius, Jesuit and chronological scholar (died 1665) Adam de Craponne, engineer (born 1526) John III, Count of Ligny, nobleman Portals: France...
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known. Pont Saint-Bénézet (1177–1188) at Avignon, Vaucluse Pont-de-Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac (1261) at Sainte-Anastasie, Gard Roman Pont-du-Gard at...
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2019 - Aurillac to Jussac, 142 km (88.2 mi) 10 June 2019 - Mauriac to Craponne-sur-Arzon, 180 km (111.8 mi) 11 June 2019 - Le Puy-en-Velay to Riom, 172 km...
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and the parade strictly follows precedence of contemporary society, with Adam and Eve preceding all: the pope then the emperor, the legate, the prince...
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