Pavillon des Commis, Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans

West Saltworks or Batiment des Sels Ouest (left), where the water was evaporated from the brine in huge iron basins, the Pavillon des Commis (right), with a Palladian facade, housing offices and accommodation for the Saltworks accountants and foremen, and Berniers Ouest (centre), saltworks accommodation, 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. 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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