Lime ovens, factories and manufactures classified in Occitanie

Solar furnace
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).

Lime ovens
34190 Laroque

The Laroque lime factory, built in the nineteenth century in the Hérault, is a former industrial site linked to the production of lime and cement, bearing witness to the Occitan technical heritage.

Lime ovens
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.

Solar furnace
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.

Factory
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.

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.

11170 Montolieu

The former Royal Manufacture of Montolieu, built in the 18th century in Aude, was a textile factory specializing in fine sheets, erected as a royal manufacture by Louis XV in 1734.

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.