Industrial heritage in Occitanie

Soufflerie
31000 Toulouse

The Banlève wind tunnel, built in the 2nd quarter of the 20th century in Toulouse, is a Eiffel-style scientific building dedicated to aerodynamics, integrated with the Institute of Fluid Mechanics.

Atelier de potier
34150 Saint-Jean-de-Fos

The Albe-Sabadel potter's workshop, located in Saint-Jean-de-Fos (Occitanie), is a 19th century testimony of traditional ceramics, with its oven and original equipment still preserved today.

Filature
81230 Lacaune

The Ramond mill, built in 1841 in Lacaune, Occitanie, is a 19th-century textile factory transformed into a museum in 1994, keeping its original machines in perfect working order.

Tannerie
32700 Lectoure

The royal tannery of Lectoure, an 18th-century industrial building located in Gers, illustrates the pre-industrial architecture of the Enlightenment with its courtyards, gates and remains of ramparts. Classified as a historic monument, it was a flourishing factory under royal protection.

65690 Barbazan-Debat

Edmond Lay's workshop, built in the 20th century in Barbazan-Debat, Occitanie, is an emblematic monument of organic architecture, designed by the architect himself as a space for creation and work.

Mine
81400 Carmaux

The Carmaux power plant, built between the 19th and 20th centuries, fed coal mines and local infrastructure. Located in Tarn, Occitania, it is a testament to the mining industrialization and energy innovation of the time.

Musée des arts textiles et de la tapisserie
48300 Langogne

The spinning of the Calquières, 19th-century industrial museum in Langogne (Occitanie), preserves unique machines of 1850 for the work of wool, classified as Historical Monuments. This iconic site illustrates the textile heritage of Gevaudan.

Forge
09330 Montgaillard

The Catalan forge of Montgaillard, located in Ariège (Occitanie), is a metallurgical site from the 18th to the 18th century, transformed into a tile factory around 1860, bearing witness to the traditional Pyrenean wood techniques.