Anyone for pizza?

@JudyEv (340223)
Rockingham, Australia
July 23, 2017 11:11am CST
The area around the Canal du Midi near Poilhes in France has some very interesting features. One of these is the Étang (pond) de Montady. This was once a freshwater wetland but monks during the latter half of the 13th century drained the are using a series of radial ditches which all drain to a centre point. From here, the water flows through an underground culvert under the Malpas Tunnel which I’ve already written about. The pattern of the drains has created wedge-shaped fields which, from a vantage point at the Oppidum d’Ensérne, make the area look like a giant pizza sliced up ready to be devoured by some giant species.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jul 17
Very ingenious of the monks to create that drainage system!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Jul 17
@JudyEv I wonder how many people it took, and how long it took, to do all that work with nothing but picks and shovels? Probably took quite a while.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 17
@moffittjc You'd think it would have to take years. There's a lot of digging there.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
And I guess all done with just picks and shovels.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Jul 17
That was very clever to do that. Good picture of it.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
26 Jul 17
@JudyEv Work for hundreds and hundreds of people.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jul 17
@JudyEv Yes it would.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
Thanks. It would have been a lot of work just with pick and shovel.
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@velvet53 (22534)
• Palisade, Colorado
23 Jul 17
Very interesting and it does look like a pizza.
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@velvet53 (22534)
• Palisade, Colorado
24 Jul 17
@JudyEv Mine is simple, pepperoni and cheese.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
It looks like a huge crowd of people have all ordered something different.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 17
@velvet53 Sounds great to me!
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
23 Jul 17
That's a terrific photo. It really does look like a pizza.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
It's the ideal description, don't you think? A dartboard would just about fit it too.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
24 Jul 17
@JudyEv that's true it would have been another good description.
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@Neiltarquin (1062)
• Rass, Saudi Arabia
23 Jul 17
I'm dying to have one. Pizza here in Saudi doesn't taste good.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
That's a shame. Can you make your own? In Australia, you can buy the base then add your own toppings. That's a good way to get a nice one.
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• Rass, Saudi Arabia
24 Jul 17
@JudyEv oh yeah... Thanks... I'll make one
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@shikharava (1838)
23 Jul 17
Yeah, that's one pizza which you can never have. The reality of it is truly saddening. :(
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
I think if you had a pizza that big, you'd never want another.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
@shikharava You're very generous!
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24 Jul 17
@JudyEv that's true. But I'll share with people. (*_*)
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@snowy22315 (180870)
• United States
23 Jul 17
It does at that!
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
Imagine the work that would have gone into creating this - just using shovels.
@silvermist (19702)
• India
23 Jul 17
That is a very unique photo.Very interesting.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
Thanks. I'm glad you like it. Don't they have a large variety of crops growing there?
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
23 Jul 17
LOL... you are right, it does look like a pizza. The photo did grab my attention. Couldn't decide if you were taking the shot from a plane or what was so different about the shot!
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
We were just up on a rise and looking down on it.
@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
24 Jul 17
Nice analogy. Yes, it does look a bit like that.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
A dartboard comes to mind too.
@xFiacre (13036)
• Ireland
23 Jul 17
@judyev stick some anchovies and olives on that landscape and send it over here.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
I'm not sure it would fit in Ireland!
• United States
23 Jul 17
That's a very interesting picture and it does look like giant pizza!
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
Just needs a few olives here and there.
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 Jul 17
Very cool!
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
They seem to have a variety of crops planted too, just to make the divisions even clearer.
@Humitex (171)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I ran in here in seeing the word Pizza. Buy found a lovely landscape anyways. Wish you good luck with that.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
Thanks. I thought a title with 'pizza' in it might attract a few people!
@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
You are giving us such a nice tour, along with explanations of what we see. Can you imagine the hard work involved in making those ditches and tunnels before modern excavation techniques?
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
Exactly. It's not exactly a small backyard vegetable patch is it? There must have been dozens of men working on it.
@rebelann (112873)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Jul 17
Wow, that's really kool. I'm always amazed how in this day and age we deem them less intelligent when clearly they created areas that we today won't even try. At least they did not poison their eco systems
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
26 Jul 17
Wonderful description! The ideal pizza for a big hungry vegetarian. Thanks for sharing this part of the world which I would have never seen with my own eyes.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 17
Every day we come across more and more that leaves us open-mouthed.
@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Jul 17
That's a great photo and it does make one hungry.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 17
It is so symmetrical. You'd expect a few curves or 'bumps' in the lines wouldn't you?
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Jul 17
That is an interesting sight which you explained well.
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
Thanks. We've come across some interesting stuff.
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@mssnzr (2)
24 Jul 17
Is there a chance that the pizza concept was from that place?
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@JudyEv (340223)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul 17
I very much doubt it but who knows?