Lime ovens, factories and manufactures classified in Occitanie

11000 Carcassonne

The former royal linen factory, built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Carcassonne, bears witness to the golden age of the Languedoc drapery industry under the Old Regime. Its classified buildings border the banks of the Aude.

31400 Toulouse

The Latécoère de Montaudran aviation plant, founded in 1917 in Toulouse, is an iconic 20th century industrial site, the cradle of French civil and military aviation. Its halls and castle testify to the epic Aeropostal and aviation innovation.

Four solaire
66210 Mont-Louis

The Mont-Louis solar oven, built in the Pyrénées-Orientales in the middle of the 20th century, is the first solar furnace in the world. Located in the fortified city of Mont-Louis, it marks a major step forward in the use of solar energy for scientific research.

Four solaire
66120 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

The Odeillo solar oven, built in the third quarter of the 20th century in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (Occitanie), is a unique scientific laboratory using solar energy to reach extreme temperatures (up to 3,300 °C).

Fours à chaux
65100 Lourdes

The Lourdes lime oven, built between the 19th and 20th centuries, is a former industrial site located in the Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie. This historic monument illustrates the region's chaussive activity.

31000 Toulouse

The Manufacture des Tabacs de Toulouse, built between 1888 and 1894, is a former major industrial site of the nineteenth century, now university annex. Located in Occitanie, it illustrates Toulouse's social and economic history.

Usine
65800 Aureilhan

The Oustau white and red factory in Aureilhan (Occitanie) is an industrial complex of the 19th century, famous for its Hoffmann ovens and its decorations in polychrome varnished bricks, now disused but protected.

Fours à chaux
34260 La Tour-sur-Orb

The La Tour-sur-Orb lime kiln, built in 1854 in the Hérault, is a former industrial factory of the 2nd half of the 19th century, classified as a historical monument for its architecture representative of the evolution of lime production techniques.