Revel - La halle central

Like most other "bastides" Revel has a layout like a chequerboard. Right in the very center here stands a belltower, surrounded by the wooden structure of "la halle central", filling the central block. Pierre-Paul Riquet has lived in Revel, before he started the construction of the "Canal du Midi" in 1667. The nearby "Lac de Saint-Ferréol" was created at that time, to provide water to the canal (about 30kms south).

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When I reached this place walking the Via Tolosana in August 2011, the battery of my camera was flat. I ould not take a fresh photo. So just recycle this shot. Nothing had changed over the year.