🧂 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt: Saline de Salins-les-Bains

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The Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains is an industrial heritage complex in the Jura region of eastern France that operated continuously for over 1,000 years as one of Europe's longest-running salt production facilities. The site preserves intact evidence of medieval, Renaissance, and modern salt extraction technologies, from 13th-century underground brine galleries ...