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The Domaine de la Confiance, also called the Domaine Carrère, is an architectural and landscaped complex located in Saint-Benoît, on the island of La Réunion. Founded in 1860, it initially covered 900 hectares and housed an active sugar factory until the end of the 19th century. After the cessation of sugar production, the premises were converted to starch production around 1913, before being permanently abandoned after the Second World War. Today, the site preserves industrial remains, including a restored fireplace, as well as a garden and a main house emblematic of Creole architecture.

The sugar factory and the estate garden were included in the additional inventory of the Historic Monuments on 29 March 1996, while the main house and its outbuildings were classified on 9 August 1996. These protections highlight the heritage value of the site, both for its history related to the sugar industry and its characteristic architecture. The field illustrates the economic development of Réunion, marked by the cultivation of sugar cane and the resulting industrial transformations.

Private property, the field of Trust remains a material testimony of the major agricultural estates that shaped the landscape and economy of the island in the nineteenth century. Its factory, though partly in ruins, and its main house offer an overview of the techniques and lifestyle of the era. The fireplace, the main feature of the site, symbolises the sugar industrial era that dominated Réunion for more than a century.

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