Arc-et-Senans

The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, near Besan�on, was built by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. Its construction, begun in 1775 during the reign of Louis XVI, was the first major achievement of industrial architecture, reflecting the ideal of progress of the Enlightenment. This vast, semicircular complex was designed to permit a rational and hierarchical organization of work and was to have been followed by the building of an ideal city, a project that was never realized.

UNESCO

Review by press.

Have you been here? Why not add your own review or report an error.

If you liked that, you might like these...

• 

  Vicenza and its Palladian Villas

  'Founded in the 2nd century B.C. in northern Italy, Vicenza prospered under Venetian rule from the early 15th to the end of the 18th century. The work...

• 

  Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich

  In 1696, the Royal Naval Hospital for Seamen was established, extravagant architecture was required to show the monarchic splendour of a royal...

• 

  Spišský Hrad

  'Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th- and 14th-century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its...

• 

  Mudejar Architecture of Aragon

  The development in the 12th century of Mudejar art in Aragon resulted from the particular political, social and cultural conditions that prevailed in...

• 

  Wieliczka Salt Mine

  This deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka-Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. Spread over nine levels, it has 300 km of galleries with works...