CASTRIES AQUEDUCT WALK

Designed by Paul Riquet, Castries aqueduct, an imposing structure, winds along the ground or through the air. With a height difference of 3 metres over a length of 6,822 metres, it took water to Castries château park and gardens. The route passes very close to the mysterious Capelette (small chapel) and crosses the Cadoule at Tourilles bridge, before reaching the ruins of a Knights Templar Commandery in Bannières. Then you explore Castries and its medieval heart, its ancient covered markets, its Coste square sheltered by the remains of a Romanesque church, the arches of its oil mill, its imposing church, and especially the château and its park and gardens, Languedoc’s little Versailles. Finally, after Colombier quarry, a listed site used for the construction of monuments, the path leads to Mas de Fondespierre house.