The Saline Royale is a historical building at Arc-et-Senans in the department of Doubs, eastern France. It is next to the Forest of Chaux and 29.2 kilometres to the southwest of Besançon. The architect was Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, 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. In 1982, UNESCO added the "Salines Royales" to its list of World Heritage Sites, along with the older saltworks at nearby Salins-les-Bains, for their outstanding architecture and testimony to the history of open-pan salt making.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Saltworks_at_Arc-et-Senans
Official Website https://www.salineroyale.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SalineroyaleArcetSenans
UNESCO website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/203
Email contact@salineroyale.com
Phone +33 3 81 54 45 00
Address Grande rue, 25610 Arc-et-Senans, France
Coordinates 47°2'0.653" N 5°46'38.519" E