Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
A royal saltworks built under Louis XVI and designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux as a semicircle of stone buildings around the director's house. It was meant as the heart of an ideal town, and is one of the first great works of industrial architecture.
- Where
- Arc-et-Senans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 47.0328, 5.7778
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Near Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
Citadel of Besançon 29 km
A 17th century fortress by Vauban covering 11 hectares on Mount Saint-Etienne, on the neck of land where the river Doubs loops around the old town. Its ramparts look over the city, and inside are museums and a small zoo.
Hospices de Beaune 71 km
A hospital for the poor founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and now a museum. Its courtyard roofs of glazed tiles in coloured geometric patterns have become the emblem of Burgundy, and the wines from its vineyards are sold each November at a charity auction.
Creux du Van 73 km
A natural rock amphitheatre in the Jura about 1,400 metres wide and 150 metres deep, on the north side of Le Soliat. Its sheer limestone walls ring a nature reserve of 15.5 square kilometres, and ibex are often seen along the rim.
La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle 76 km
Two neighbouring towns in the Jura mountains laid out in neat parallel streets for the watchmaking trade, with workshops and homes built to catch the daylight. They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and La Chaux-de-Fonds is where Le Corbusier was born.
Lausanne Cathedral 87 km
A Gothic cathedral on the hill above the old town, dedicated to Our Lady and now a Swiss Reformed church. It was consecrated in 1275, and a watchman still calls out the hours from its tower every night.
Olympic Museum 87 km
A museum of sport and the Olympic movement in a park on the lakefront at Ouchy. With more than 10,000 objects it holds the largest archive of Olympic memorabilia in the world, from torches to medals, and draws over 250,000 visitors a year.
Lake Geneva 88 km
A deep crescent of water on the north side of the Alps, one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent lies in Switzerland and forty in France, with Geneva, Lausanne and Montreux strung along its shores.
CERN 91 km
The largest particle physics laboratory in the world, set up in 1954 at Meyrin on the edge of Geneva, right on the French border. The World Wide Web was invented here, and its Science Gateway and the wooden Globe of Science and Innovation are open to visitors.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Questions
Where is Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans?
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is in Arc-et-Senans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Citadel of Besançon (29 km), Hospices de Beaune (71 km), Creux du Van (73 km).
How do I get the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bourgogne-Franche-Comté volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
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