Pont du Diable (Ariège)

[2] Like all similarly named bridges, its origins are the subject of legend involving a deal with the Devil to achieve construction.

In the 13th century, the Count of Foix, Raymond-Roger, ordered the Baron of Saint-Paul to build a bridge across the Ariège to join Montoulieu and Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat.

In reality, the bridge was built in 1836 by a local entrepreneur, Adolphe Garrigou, for his brother-in-law and partner, the polytechnician Léo Lamarque (b.

It was attached to the end of a long axis, which plunged directly into the vortex of the river, between the two main arches of the bridge, which explains the absence of a supply channel and the traditional installations of a mill.

[4] In 1946, a restoration of the building was carried out, including the repair of a corbelled structure, the consolidation of the crests of the walls as well as a clearing of brush.