Farriery and East Berniers, Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans
Farriery or Marechalerie (right), containing 3 forges for making tools, barrel hoops and brine pans, and workers accommodation and storage rooms, and Berniers Est (left), saltworkers accommodations, part of 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. On the right is a sculptural detail on the wall of a salt pan spilling brine. 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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