France dug a 36-kilometer canal and cut off the Iberian Peninsula. What is the impact on France?

This 36-kilometer-long canal dug by France can free France from the oppression of Spain and Portugal at that time and go directly to midi canal, which greatly reduces the distance between France and the Mediterranean Sea, saves transportation costs, directly separates the Iberian Peninsula, and gives France an extra protective layer.

From the perspective of the world, many peninsula areas have been dug up and built into canals. The most typical Panama Canal and Suez Canal have become the busiest canals in the world, making the country develop rapidly. Moreover, some countries even dig canals to directly separate neighboring countries.

France is one of the European Troika, facing Britain across the sea, with an area of over 6, square kilometers and a population of 67 million. It can be said that it is one of the most powerful countries in Europe. But few people know that in France, they dug a 36-kilometer canal and cut the Iberian Peninsula directly. France wants to build a canal to connect the western coast of France with the Mediterranean Sea, which greatly shortens the distance between France and the Mediterranean Sea. So Louis XIV spent huge financial and material resources to build this canal. On the one hand, he could bypass the Strait of Gibraltar and go directly to midi canal without being suppressed by Spain and Portugal. At that time, France, which was relatively weak, directly separated the Iberian Peninsula by building this canal, and also added a protective layer.

But now this canal has a history of several hundred years, and it is of little international significance. France doesn't allow other ships to go here, so it still takes the Strait of Gibraltar, and now it has become a world cultural heritage. The excavation of this canal made France no longer afraid of Portugal and Spain at that time, saved the time and cost of transporting goods to the Mediterranean, accelerated the development of France on the other hand, and made France occupy a place in the early world!