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    Arc-et-Senans (French pronunciation: [aʁk e sənɑ̃]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. The...
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    The Saline Royale (Royal Saltworks) is a historical building at Arc-et-Senans in the department of Doubs, eastern France. It is next to the Forest of...
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    Arc-et-Senans station (French: Gare d'Arc-et-Senans) is a railway station in the commune of Arc-et-Senans, in the French department of Doubs, in the...
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    architecture. His most ambitious work was the uncompleted Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, an idealistic and visionary town showing many examples of architecture...
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    intervention in the provision of housing. In 1775, the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans was built with a part dedicated to house workers. In the 19th century...
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    still exploited today for their halite (rock salt). Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans Châtillon-le-Duc saltworks Miserey saltworks Montferrand saltworks Pouilley...
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    UNESCO. "De la grande saline de Salins-les-Bains à la saline royale d'Arc-et-Senans, la production du sel ignigène". UNESCO. "Fortifications de Vauban". UNESCO...
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    UNESCO World Heritage Sites as an addition to the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans site, which was inscribed in 1982. Salins is situated in the narrow...
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    Claude-Nicolas Ledoux had finished his designs for the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans. William Strutt in cooperation with his friend Jeremy Bentham built...
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    1779, Louis XIV ordered the construction of the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans near the forest so that the works could use its wood to produce salt...
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