2024

FORGES DE LA CHAUSSADE

Monuments to visit

On the edge of the Loire, towards the upstream, we feel the freshness of "big broth", where the Nohain flows into the Loire. Using the hydraulic energy of this watercourse, the Forges de la Chaussade, a former royal manufacture transferred to Guérigny in 1872, have for two centuries made anchors for the sea marine. The facades still bear witness to the know-how of yesteryear, the remarkable work of metalwork of the monumental portal of the forges. Note, an inscription recalls the visit on September 30, 1677, of Ms de Sévigné.

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