Mining heritage, quarrying and milling in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Puits de mine
42150 La Ricamarie

The Combes well, a concrete mining rig from the mid-20th century, is an emblematic vestige of coal mining in La Ricamarie, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ranked a historic monument, it illustrates the industrial innovation of the time.

Meulières
74250 Viuz-en-Sallaz

The millstone quarries of Mont Vouan, located in Viuz-en-Sallaz in Haute-Savoie, form a medieval and modern millstone extraction complex, classified as a historical monument. Used from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, they show major industrial activity in the region.

Meulières
74420 Saint-André-de-Boëge

The mill of Saint-André-de-Boëge, located in Haute-Savoie, forms a set of medieval milled quarries, exploited until the 19th century. This classified site, rare in Europe, shows a major industrial activity for the production of grain wheels.

Mine
38750 Huez

Brandes mining site, a medieval village in Huez (Isère) from the 12th to the 16th century, is a mining coronary unique in Europe, exploiting silver galena at an altitude of 1,800 m in the Grandes Rousses.

Mine
07000 Saint-Priest

The iron mines of Saint-Priest, operated from the 2nd half of the 19th century in Ardèche, are a major industrial testimony with their wells classified historical monuments since 1995.

Mine
07380 Prades

The Champgontier-Prades mine, which was mined in the 19th and 20th centuries, is a former ardéchois mining site known for its 1900 masonry chivalry and its preserved industrial buildings.

69700 Givors

The old BSN glasswork chimney, built between the 19th and 20th centuries in Givors (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), is an iconic industrial vestige of 51.65 m high, classified as a historical monument in 2021.

73210 Peisey-Nancroix

The former Peisey-Nancroix mine, operated between the 18th and 19th centuries in Savoie, is an industrial site dedicated to the extraction and processing of silver lead, bearing witness to advanced hydraulic techniques.