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Fours à chaux

Benet, Vendée, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Fours à chaux et tunnel (cad. AB 129) : inscription par arrêté du 30 novembre 1994
Protection dates
1994/11/30 : inscrit MH
Type
four à chaux
Main period of construction
2e moitié 19e siècle
Dates
1873
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Benet
Département
Vendée
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.37410, -0.58070
Mérimée reference
PA00132776

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1825 map "V.1:1-5: I: Frankreich. DEP: 49. Der Beiden Sevres. 50. Der Vendee. 51. Der Nieder Charente" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Lien entre ces fours à chaux et l'exploitation des mines de Fay-Morceaux. Fours construits en 1873, modernisés après la guerre de 14-18 ; ont cessé de fonctionner en 1982.

English translation

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Connection between these lime kilns and the exploitation of the Fay-Morceaux mines. Kilns built in 1873, modernized after the First World War; ceased operation in 1982.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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