Farriery and Batiment des Gardes, Royal Saltworks

Farriery or Marechalerie (left), containing 3 forges for making tools, barrel hoops and brine pans, and workers accommodation and storage rooms, and the Batiment des Gardes (right), the entrance building to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale, begun 1775 in Neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, 1736-1806, at Arc-et-Senans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Behind the Batiment des Gardes is a monumental portico with Doric columns and an artificial grotto. The building is now a ticket office and hotel. The 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

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