Royal Saltworks (Saline royale)

France / Franche-Comte / Arc-et-Senans /
 UNESCO World Heritage Site, historical building
The Saline Royale (Royal Saltworks) is located at Arc-et-Senans in the department of Doubs. It is next to the Forest of Chaux and about 35 kilometers from Besançon, France. The architect was Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), a prominent Parisian architect of the time. The work is an important example of an early Enlightenment project in which the architect based his design on a philosophy that favored arranging buildings according to a rational geometry and a hierarchical relation between the parts of the project.
The Institut Claude-Nicolas Ledoux has taken on the task of conservator and is managing the site as a monument. UNESCO added the "Salines Royales" to its List of World Heritage Sites in 1982.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Saltworks_at_Arc-et-Senans
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Coordinates:   47°1'59"N   5°46'38"E
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