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Pierre Riquet
Paul Riquet was born in Béziers, Hérault, France, the eldest son of solicitor, state prosecutor and businessman Guillaume Riquet.<--!more--> As a youth, Riquet was only interested in mathematics and science. He married Catherine de Milhau at age 19.
As a fermier général (“farmer-general”) of Languedoc-Roussillon, he was a tax farmer responsible for the collection and administration of the gabelle (salt tax) in Languedoc. He was appointed collector in 1630, and was also a munitions provider to the Catalan Army. Riquet became wealthy and was given permission by the King to levy his own taxes. This gave him greater wealth, which allowed him to execute grand projects with technical expertise.
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- Pierre-Paul Riquet – Wikipedia
Pierre-Paul Riquet, Baron de Bonrepos was the engineer and canal-builder responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi. Contents. 1 Background; 2 The … - Pierre-Paul, Baron Riquet de Bonrepos | French engineer …
Pierre-Paul, Baron Riquet de Bonrepos, French public official and self-made engineer who constructed the epochal 240-km (149-mile) Midi Canal (also called … - Living in the Languedoc: Pierre-Paul Riquet
Pierre-Paul Riquet was an engineer and canal-builder. He was single-handedly responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi during the second half of … - Pierre Paul de Riquet – The Channel of the Two Seas …
The foremost merit of Pierre Paul Riquet – besides of course of the planning and the actual construction – consists of his demonstration of the project feasibility by … - Pierre-Paul Riquet – Fondateur du Canal du Midi
Pierre Paul Riquet, fondateur du Canal du Midi, fermier général des gabelles du Languedoc, personnage principal de l’histoire du canal. Commentaires et … - Pierre-Paul Riquet and the Canal du Midi | History Today
Elsewhere in France the same snack would be a Croque Monsieur, but in the Languedoc the name of Pierre-Paul Riquet is to be found attached to streets, … - Pierre-Paul Riquet – Toulouse archives
Riquet expose son projet aux commissaires du Roi et des Etats. Eau-forte, XVIIIe siècle. Toulouse, musée Paul-Dupuy, inv. 51-53-68. Pierre-Paul Riquet. - Pierre Paul Riquet, l’architecte du canal du Midi
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