Grand Forge du Buffon

Situated 23km north of Semur-en-Auxois on the pastoral banks of the Armançon River (and right near the Canal de Bourgogne), this was one of the first fully integrated factories, built in 1778 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, the Count of Buffon and a mathematician and naturalist. Extant buildings include a blast furnace that was used for casting molten metals and a supply channel with paddlewheel.