The Saline Royale is a historical complex at Arc-et-Senans in the department of Doubs commissioned during the reign of Louis XVI and designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux.
Main façade of the Royal Saltworks
In 1775, the king rejected Ledoux's first design plan.
Aerial view of the proposed city at the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, published in 1804
Jeter des Fleurs sur l'Avenir, by the French painter Arnaud Courlet de Vregille, exposed in Royal Saltworks in 2006 for the Claude-Nicolas Ledoux's bicentenary
Arnaud Courlet de Vregille
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Arnaud Courlet de Vregille is a French painter.
Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans
…the salt works was having difficulty in the face of competition from sea salt brought by rail. Jeter des Fleurs sur l'Avenir, by the French painter Arnaud Courlet de Vregille, exposed in Royal Saltworks in 2006 for the Claude-Nicolas Ledoux's bicentenary As mentioned above, a lightning bolt in 1918 destroyed the chapel. In…
Arnaud Courlet de Vregille, in 2007
La baie des Anges (1994, Acrylic, 80 x 60)
Michael Enfant de Lumière (2018, Acrylic, 90 x 120)
Lumière ou Projection privée (2010, Acrylic and Pastel, 90 x 120)