The Gnobbled Tiles of Vaire, 17th-century France

The Gnobbled Tiles of Vaire, 17th-century France

In the seventeenth century, Vaire, France, a once-bustling tile factory transformed into an agricultural storage, now a preserved relic marks its industrial past.

The 1681-born tuilerie de Vaire, nestled in the village of Vaire, Doubs Department, France, was originally a clattering hub of tile-making. Fast forward to 1888, it morphed into a quiet, storage for crops. The French call the surviving drying shed's striking arched roof a historical monument, enshrining it in 2001, as a grim reminder of Vaire’s industrial past.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

Written by Nicolo Ciampini

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