It is erected near the site of the former octagonal holding tank, called the Bassin de Naurouze, created during the building of the Canal du Midi.
obelisk | Operation Noble Obelisk | Obelisk Press | Pierre-Paul Riquet | Obelisk | Luxor Obelisk | St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics on Old Street London. The obelisk spire of St Luke Old Street | Riquet's canal feeder system including the ''rigole de la montagne'', the ''rigole de la plaine | Obelisk of Axum | Nicholson's Obelisk, Tarnol, Rawalpindi | Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau | François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet |