The royal saltworks in Arc-et-Senans were built by architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux in the second half of the XVIIIth century to extract salt (then an expensive…
The architect Ledoux was a utopist who thought that a nice surrounding was important to enjoy life, hence the beauty of the site. This site has been on the…
Project: the ideal city of Chaux, by Ledoux.
Project: cannon factory, by Ledoux.
Project for the house of the Loue river wardens, by Ledoux.