Roof, West Saltworks, Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans

Reinforced concrete frame of the roof structure of the berne of the West Saltworks or Batiment des Sels Ouest, an 80m long space where water was evaporated from the brine in huge iron basins, strengthened with concrete by the architect Julien Polti, 1877-1953, in the 1930s, 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 building is now used for exhibitions, shows, conventions and seminars. 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

13437655

Media ID

45130055

Size

7087px x 7153px (11.0MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen