Registration for Historic Monuments 11 juillet 2002 (≈ 2002)
Fireplace and land classified in full.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The chimney in its entirety, including its plate pitch (Box AV 357): inscription by order of 11 July 2002
Origin and history
The Manapany fireplace is an iconic industrial vestige of the island of Reunion, French overseas department located in the Indian Ocean. It belonged to an old sugar factory, a symbol of the local economy historically oriented towards the cultivation of sugar cane. Its listing in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments in 2002 also includes its base, highlighting its heritage importance.
Located at 132 Maxime Payet Street, in the Manapany district of Petite-Île, this fireplace illustrates the architectural heritage associated with the Réunion sugar industry. The factories such as this played a central role in the economic and social life of the island, structuring agricultural activities and trade as early as the 19th century.
The island of La Réunion, marked by colonial history and an economy of planting, has seen its landscape shaped by industrial infrastructures such as sugar factories. These sites, which are now often lost or reconverted, recall the organisation of work and the economic dependence on the monoculture of the cane, while at the same time constituting identity marks for the Reunions.
