Industrial heritage classified in Normandy

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76140 Le Petit-Quevilly

The former spinning house The Lightning, built in the 19th century in Petit-Quevilly, Normandy, is an emblematic industrial monument, transformed into a barracks and then a business incubator, witness to French textile innovation.

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14000 Caen

The Rosiers Garden City, built at the beginning of the 20th century in Caen, is an iconic social housing area, classified as a historical monument in 2007. This architectural project combines workers' housing and green spaces in a preserved urban setting.

Château d'eau
76000 Rouen

Rouen Water-Maregraph Castle, built at the beginning of the 20th century on the docks, is a former brick industrial building, classified as a historical monument. Located in the Seine-Maritime, it testifies to the port extension of the city.

Château d'eau
14200 Hérouville-Saint-Clair

The Château d'eau d'Hérouville-Saint-Clair, built in 1968 in Calvados, is a metal reservoir emblematic of modern architecture, labeled 20th century Heritage and listed as a historical monument in 2010.

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76500 Elbeuf

The Clarenson mill, an 18th-century textile factory in Elbeuf, Normandy, illustrates industrialisation with its wood and brick workshops, now partially protected.

Château d'eau
76000 Rouen

The water-maregraph castle of Rouen, built at the end of the 19th century on the Quai de Boisguilbert, is an eclectic building made of brick, flint and stone, combining hydraulic and water-marking functions for the Norman river port.

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76500 Elbeuf

The Beer-Morel mill, built between the 18th and 19th centuries in Elbeuf, Normandy, was an emblematic textile industrial site, partially destroyed in 1998 but listed as historical monuments in 1994.

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61000 Alençon

The Prout d'Alençon sawmill, a former 19th-century factory in Alençon (Orne), illustrates Norman industrial heritage with its classified steam engine.