Exhibition, Ledoux Museum, Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans

Exhibition of plans and models of saltworks buildings, on the first floor of the Musee Ledoux, in the Cooperage or Tonnellerie, part of the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale, begun 1775 in Neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, at Arc-et-Senans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The saltworks site is designed in a semicircle, with the Director's House, 2 saltworks containing drying ovens, heating pots and salt stores, workers accommodation and Director's stables. An Ideal City was also planned but never built. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13437573

Media ID

45129396

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7087px x 4724px (4.3MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen