Industrial heritage classified in Picardy

Workers' city classified as MH
02120 Guise

The Familistere de Guise, built in the 19th century in Aisne, is a utopian social palace designed by Jean-Baptiste André Godin to house its workers in innovative conditions, mixing collective housing, cooperative and social services.

Factory
60110 Méru

The former Desmarest factory in Méru, built in the 19th century in the Hauts-de-France, illustrates the golden age of tabletry and mother-of-pearl. This iconic industrial site, now a museum, bears witness to artisanal know-how and a local economic revolution.

Royal Manufacture
02410 Saint-Gobain

The Royal Manufacture of Ice of Saint-Gobain, founded in the 17th century in Aisne, was a high place to produce mirrors for the court of Louis XIV. An emblematic industrial site of the Hauts-de-France, he marked French economic history.

Industrial heritage
60370 Saint-Félix

The Autin de Saint-Félix brush factory, an ancient 19th-century hydraulic plant located in the Oise, illustrates the industrial evolution of the mills of the valley of Therain, transformed into a museum preserving original hydraulic machines and wheels.

Forge
60360 Auchy-la-Montagne

The former Auchy-la-Montagne forge, an 18th- and 19th-century building, is a wooden and torchi building located in the Oise, typical of the Picard plateau.

Industrial heritage
60120 Hardivillers

The weaver shop of Bardivillers, dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, is a typical workshop of the Picard plateau, located in the Hauts-de-France. It illustrates the region's artisanal textile history, including the production of wool serges, a major activity until the mid-19th century.

Oven
60650 Lachapelle-aux-Pots

The Toad kilns, built in the 19th century in Lachapelle-aux-Pots (Hauts-de-France), are longitudinal pottery kilns, witnesses to local craftsmanship and innovative techniques for the time.

Glassware
02410 Saint-Gobain

The 17th-century Charles Fontaine Glassware is a former industrial site located in Saint-Gobain, Aisne, classified as a historic monument in 1928 for its iconic glass heritage.