{"id":39,"date":"2025-11-30T22:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2026-01-28T00:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:25:25","slug":"canal-de-lajara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/index.php\/bastelica-le-village\/patrimoine-monuments\/canal-de-lajara\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal de l\u2019Ajara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Le canal d\u2019irrigation de Bastelica<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-d3285e84 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-1dc4c68d\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le canal de l\u2019Ajara, un ouvrage hydraulique du XIX\u1d49 si\u00e8cle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sur les hauteurs de <strong>Bastelica<\/strong>, le promeneur peut d\u00e9couvrir un am\u00e9nagement remarquable du patrimoine rural : le <strong>canal d\u2019irrigation de Bastelica<\/strong>, \u00e9galement appel\u00e9 <strong>canal de l\u2019Ajara<\/strong>. Aujourd\u2019hui lieu de promenade appr\u00e9ci\u00e9, il s\u2019agit \u00e0 l\u2019origine d\u2019un <strong>important ouvrage d\u2019art hydraulique<\/strong> construit il y a plus de <strong>150 ans<\/strong> pour r\u00e9pondre aux besoins agricoles et domestiques du village.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-dfa95f2a\"><style>.kb-image39_68a661-22 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image39_68a661-22\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_1.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_1-201x300.jpeg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Un canal au c\u0153ur du paysage bastelicais<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le canal utilise les eaux de l\u2019<strong>Ajara<\/strong>, d\u00e9riv\u00e9es depuis les <strong>cascades de l\u2019Ortolo<\/strong>, \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de la <strong>punta a u Picchiu<\/strong> et de la <strong>punta Piaggiola<\/strong>.<br>Long de <strong>3 600 m\u00e8tres<\/strong>, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7u pour :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>l\u2019<strong>irrigation des cultures<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>l\u2019<strong>alimentation des fontaines<\/strong> durant les p\u00e9riodes de s\u00e9cheresse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ce dispositif \u00e9tait essentiel \u00e0 la vie quotidienne du village, notamment pendant les mois d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 o\u00f9 les ressources en eau devenaient insuffisantes.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image39_190cc6-38 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image39_190cc6-38\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_2.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_2-233x300.jpeg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Un projet municipal ambitieux d\u00e8s le XIX\u1d49 si\u00e8cle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e8s les <strong>ann\u00e9es 1860<\/strong>, la municipalit\u00e9 de Bastelica, dirig\u00e9e par le maire <strong>Val\u00e8re Folacci<\/strong>, engage une \u00e9tude confi\u00e9e aux <strong>Ponts et Chauss\u00e9es<\/strong> afin de r\u00e9aliser un ouvrage d\u2019irrigation par d\u00e9rivation des eaux de l\u2019Ajara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019objectif est clairement exprim\u00e9 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab L\u2019arrosage des jardins et enclos, mais aussi l\u2019alimentation des fontaines, lesquelles aux mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt, septembre et octobre ne donnent pas assez d\u2019eau pour les besoins des habitants ainsi que pour l\u2019abreuvoir des chevaux. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019\u00e9tude hydraulique est achev\u00e9e fin <strong>1868<\/strong>. Le rapport du <strong>13 janvier 1869<\/strong> pr\u00e9cise que le canal pourra :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>d\u00e9biter <strong>200 litres par seconde<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>irriguer <strong>140 hectares<\/strong> sur le versant de Bastelica,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>et, \u00e0 terme, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>150 hectares<\/strong> suppl\u00e9mentaires gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation de r\u00e9servoirs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le co\u00fbt total du projet est estim\u00e9 \u00e0 <strong>16 500 francs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image39_62f340-05 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image39_62f340-05\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_3.jpeg 627w, https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_3-300x162.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Construction et mise en service du canal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le <strong>18 avril 1869<\/strong>, le conseil municipal adopte le principe de la construction du canal.<br>Malgr\u00e9 les importantes d\u00e9penses engag\u00e9es pour la nouvelle \u00e9glise du village, la commune recourt \u00e0 l\u2019emprunt afin de financer le projet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019<strong>adjudication des travaux<\/strong> est fix\u00e9e au <strong>21 ao\u00fbt 1871<\/strong>, pour un montant total de <strong>17 160 francs<\/strong>, comprenant :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>les travaux,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>l\u2019achat de chaux hydraulique,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>les d\u00e9penses impr\u00e9vues,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>les honoraires des ing\u00e9nieurs et agents charg\u00e9s du projet et de la surveillance du chantier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un \u00e9tat sign\u00e9 le <strong>30 juillet 1871<\/strong> mentionne <strong>26 propri\u00e9taires<\/strong> ayant accept\u00e9 de c\u00e9der gratuitement les terrains n\u00e9cessaires \u00e0 l\u2019assiette du canal.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image39_aaa6a7-e1 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image39_aaa6a7-e1\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_4.jpeg 414w, https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_4-300x216.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organisation et gestion du canal de l\u2019Ajara<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Par une d\u00e9lib\u00e9ration du <strong>11 octobre 1875<\/strong>, le conseil municipal institue une <strong>commission de gestion du canal<\/strong>, charg\u00e9e de la r\u00e9partition de l\u2019eau selon un r\u00e8glement tarifaire bas\u00e9 sur la superficie des terrains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le canal est divis\u00e9 en <strong>trois sections<\/strong>, appel\u00e9es vannes :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fontanelli<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mandaccia<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Piggioletto<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les terrains sont r\u00e9partis en deux cat\u00e9gories :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1\u02b3\u1d49 cat\u00e9gorie<\/strong> : acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019eau toute l\u2019ann\u00e9e,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2\u1d49 cat\u00e9gorie<\/strong> : acc\u00e8s de janvier \u00e0 juin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le tarif est fix\u00e9 \u00e0 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>30 francs par hectare<\/strong> pour la 1\u02b3\u1d49 cat\u00e9gorie,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>20 francs par hectare<\/strong> pour la 2\u1d49 cat\u00e9gorie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entretien et travaux au XX\u1d49 si\u00e8cle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En <strong>1882<\/strong>, les recettes du canal atteignent <strong>1 537 francs<\/strong>, pour seulement <strong>118 francs de d\u00e9penses d\u2019entretien<\/strong>.<br>Cependant, l\u2019ouvrage n\u00e9cessite un entretien r\u00e9gulier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e8s <strong>1883<\/strong>, des r\u00e9parations sont vot\u00e9es, puis d\u2019importants travaux sont men\u00e9s :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>entre <strong>1926 et 1929<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00e0 nouveau dans les <strong>ann\u00e9es 1950<\/strong>, avec une campagne de travaux en <strong>1956<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 l\u2019issue de ces interventions, l\u2019ensemble de l\u2019ouvrage est jug\u00e9 en bon \u00e9tat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Un patrimoine aujourd\u2019hui reconverti en lieu de promenade<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si la vocation agricole du <strong>canal de l\u2019Ajara<\/strong> a aujourd\u2019hui disparu, son trac\u00e9 demeure parfaitement lisible dans le paysage.<br>Il constitue d\u00e9sormais un <strong>itin\u00e9raire de d\u00e9couverte<\/strong>, appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 pour la beaut\u00e9 de son environnement naturel et pour la m\u00e9moire qu\u2019il conserve du pass\u00e9 agricole et hydraulique de Bastelica.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image39_4b1d55-11 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image39_4b1d55-11\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_5.jpeg 317w, https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canal_de_lAjara_-_5-300x203.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading39_2f36b8-2c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bastelica.info\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/02_CANAL_de_l_AJARA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le document<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00e9f\u00e9rences et cr\u00e9dits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pierre-Claude Giansily<\/strong><br>Historien de l\u2019art<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cr\u00e9dits photographiques<\/strong><br>\u00a9 Claude Giansily et DR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Archives de Corse, Ajaccio, s\u00e9rie O<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archives communales de Bastelica, s\u00e9rie 1 O\/4\/2 \u2013 Canal de l\u2019Ajara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le canal d\u2019irrigation de Bastelica Le canal de l\u2019Ajara, un ouvrage hydraulique du XIX\u1d49 si\u00e8cle Sur les hauteurs de Bastelica, le promeneur peut d\u00e9couvrir un am\u00e9nagement remarquable du patrimoine 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