Pavillon de la Gabelle, Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans
Pavillon de la Gabelle, housing offices and accommodation for the gabelous or salt tax collectors, employed by the Ferme Generale, with a Palladian facade, 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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