Date of visit: April 27, 2011, around 3:00 p.m.
Now, World Heritage Series.
ブルゴーニュからフランシュ・コンテへと入りまして、フランスで最も美しい村のひとつ「Pesmes（ペスム）」の次に訪れたのがこのアル＝ケ＝スナンでした。
On the way, we passed through a nice town called Dole, which is about halfway between Dijon, the main city of Burgundy, and Besançon, the main city of Franche-Comté, but as expected, we got lost when we passed through the town, and we had to take a more winding road than we expected. I arrived about an hour later than expected.
The weather looks a little unstable.
The parking lot was located in front of the main gate. It will not be difficult to park.
Well, the Royal Saltworks of Al-Qué-Sunan is registered as a World Heritage Site as already mentioned in the title, and according to Wikipedia, it seems to be a very well planned saltworks, and its beautiful symmetrical design is indeed remarkable.
If you look at an aerial photograph, you can certainly see the symmetrical structure.
Even though it’s a saltworks, it’s very stylish.
Moreover, it was planned in the 18th century, so the building has a modern atmosphere rather than a medieval one.
It seems that the saltworks were established in the Franche-Comté region because there are underground veins of rock salt.
By the way, the inside of the building was a museum about salt. However, it is said that photography is prohibited.
There were not only explanations in French but also in English, so I could understand how salt was produced in those days. Although there was only a small exhibition, it was interesting in its own way.
ブザンソンからそう遠くないとはいえ、それほど行きやすいところではありませんが、フランシュ・コンテをゆっくり旅できるのであれば訪れる価値は十分あるかと思います。
