Zola Dam

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The Zola Dam. Barrage Zola 1.JPG
The Zola Dam.
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Zola Lake.

Zola Dam is a dam in Le Tholonet near Aix-en-Provence, France. [1]

History

The dam was designed by Italian-born engineer François Zola, the father of novelist Émile Zola. [1] [2] Its construction was initially rejected by Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet, the landowner, in 1838. [1]

Zola founded the Société du Canal Zola in 1846 and began construction. [2] He died, however, in 1847, and the company was acquired by author and politician Jules Migeon in 1853. [2] Construction of the dam was completed on September 10, 1854, and it was dedicated on December 16, 1854. [2]

Barrage de Bimont - dam near Aix-en-Provence (aerial view) Barrage de Bimont - dam near to Aix 1.jpg
Barrage de Bimont – dam near Aix-en-Provence (aerial view)

The dam was painted by Paul Cézanne in the 1880s. [3] The painting belonged to Paul Gauguin in 1885. It was purchased by Gwendoline Davies in 1918, who donated it to the National Museum Wales in 1952. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lac de Zola". Aix-en-Provence Tourisme. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mitterand, Henri (2009). Zola tel qu'en lui-même . Paris: Presses universitaires de France. pp. 171–204. ISBN   9782130570820 . Retrieved March 28, 2016– via Cairn.info.
  3. 1 2 "The François Zola Dam". National Museum Wales. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

43°31′56″N5°30′41″E / 43.5323°N 5.5114°E / 43.5323; 5.5114


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