When A Parisian Canal Aged Two-Hundred Years Was Drained, No One Could Believe What Was In There

Following The Path

This canal can be traced across the Bassin de l’Arsenal, which runs alongside the Seine, all the way to the underside of La Bastille. Before the French Revolution, La Bastille was a terrible prison where captives were kept in awful conditions and treated incredibly cruelly. The canal then continues onwards to the Place de la République prior to its climb towards the Bassin de la Villette in Paris’s northern regions. This is also where it joins the Canal de l’Ourq.

Following The Path