E òc brave world, benvenguts al Pont de las Domaisèlas! So, who are these famous Demoiselles? Do they come from Rochefort or elsewhere? E ben pauròts, degun o sap pas … no one knows. Cal say that se’n say of causas / many things are said about these famous young ladies. çò first / first of all, during the construction of the Canal du Midi, it is said that Pierre Paul Riquet, makes an appointment at the Pont des Demoiselles to pay the workers of the canal. E alavetz, que fasián apuèi? / what do the workers do next? Well supposedly that with this money, they are going to find Young Ladies. I have no plans for you. E vertat es que un còp èra / and it’s true that in the past, some call it the Pont de las Putas …

Mas aquí una origina mai poetica …

But here is a more poetic origin: in your opinion, what can be una domaisèla en lenga nòstra ? Yes, of course, a missit can be a lady but also a dragonfly. E òc, at the broa del Canal del Miègjorn / along the Canal du Midi, it is not impossible to find this insect that lives near water.

A còp èra, I aviá de clòts…

In the past, there were many clots at the Bridge of the Demoiselles. Un clòt, qu’es aquò? A lotit’s a bore. I only talk about tanben of pesquiers. Formerly, it is said that let’s dip The inhabitants of Toulouse go to the Pont des Demoiselles district to catch these dragonflies / de mondinons se n’anavan ailà per prene de domaisèlas. Final enda /Finally, nothing is sure about the origin of the name of the Pont des Demoiselles.