Site historique
Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
Salins-les-Bains · Jura · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
The Great Salt Works of Salins-les-Bains is a site museum located in the rural Jura region, inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list. It bears witness to twelve centuries of industrial history dedicated to salt extraction and processing, illustrating technological evolution and the sustained exploitation of a natural resource. The museum occupies historic production buildings and offers guided tours providing access to a twelfth-century underground gallery, where a nineteenth-century bucket wheel still operates, pumping salt water from the depths. The collections and architecture of the site document the technical and working-class memory of this manufactory among the oldest in France. Salins-les-Bains, located in the Jura, is accessible near Besançon and Dole.
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3 Place des Salines, 39110 Salins-les-Bains
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