Forges des Salles
The Forges of Salles is a former steelworks and industrial heritage of the 18th and 19th centuries in Sainte-Brigitte ( department Morbihan ) and Perret ( Côtes-d'Armor ) in the region of Brittany .
geography
The smelter's facilities extend over 30 hectares and are located on the border of the two above-mentioned departments in the Forêt de Quénécan forest . The facility includes the four ponds, Étang des Salles , Étang du vieux Fourneau , Étang de la Forge Neuve , Étang du Guéhault and the Les Forges stream , which partially forms the boundary between the communes and departments.
history
The Forges des Salles were built in the years 1621–23 by Duke Henri II. De Rohan (1579–1638). The first smelter was the Protestant Geoffroy de Finement, sieur d'Angecour. The blast furnace in the forest area was operated with charcoal and was one of the largest in Brittany at the time.
In January 1795, the Forges des Salles were attacked by 1200 loyal Chouans . They were able to capture 2 cannons, rifles and powder. The neighboring Bon-Repos Monastery was occupied and set on fire in 1796.
The production of iron was stopped in 1877. The facility has remained unchanged since then and has been open to visitors since the 1990s. In 1981 and 1993 the buildings and the ensemble with garden were placed under monument protection.
Architectural monuments
The ironworks has been preserved unchanged since 1877. It consists of:
- Manor house of the master blacksmith Le Maître des Forges (also Château des Forges ) from the 18th century
- Blast furnace from 1816 (12 meters high)
- Workers' quarters from the 19th century
- 19th century chapel
- mixed elementary school for working class children
- Canteen, shop and stables
- Garden in the form of a terrace.
See also
- Bon-Repos Monastery
- Ruin of the Rohan Castle
literature
- The architectural monuments of the Forêt de Quénécan are rarely mentioned in French and German travel guides.
- Jean-Yves Andrieux: Forges et hauts fourneaux en Bretagne du XVIIe siècle au XIXe siècle . Nantes 1987. p. 326
Web links
- Official website (French, partly English)
- French monument protection portal : Anciennes forges des Salles (French, as of September 22, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean Gallet: Les paysans en guerre . Editions Ouest-France 1988: ISBN 2-7373-0157-2
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '0 " N , 3 ° 7' 32" W.