Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans

Arc-et-Senans, France

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Opening hours: 09:00-18:00
Wheelchair access: Partly accessible
Phone: +33 3 81 54 45 00

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The Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans in the Doubs department of France is an eighteenth-century industrial complex designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and commissioned during the reign of Louis XVI (1774–92). A pioneering achievement in industrial architecture, it represents one of the first major applications of Enlightenment ideals to manufacturing, elevating the architectural quality of a working saltworks to rival that of palaces and religious buildings. The facility produced salt by boiling brine heated with firewood from the nearby Forest of Chaux, and was connected by a 21-kilometer pipeline to the saltworks of Salins-les-Bains, an extension added to the World Heritage designation in 2009. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982, the complex stands as a classified historical monument and a landmark of rational industrial design.

Architect

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

Type: saltworks
Heritage: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, classified historical monument
Place: Arc-et-Senans, France

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