THE OLD MANUFRANCE BUILDING

Manufrance's premises are one of the most remarkable traces of the industrial past of Saint-Etienne. Built Cours Fauriel by the architect Léon Lamaizière for the arms manufacturers Etienne Mimard and Pierre Blachon, these buildings constitute a real industrial palace, visited in the past by many industrialists and heads of state... Manufrance then became famous all over the world for its various items sold by mail order: weapons and bicycles then home, leisure, fishing... After a glorious history, Manufrance closed permanently in 1981.