Fours à chaux de Vendenesse-lès-Charolles, four à Vendenesse-lès-Charolles (Saône-et-Loire)

The lime furnaces of Vendenesse-lès-Charolles are masonry kilns from the second half of the 19th century, built to burn limestone into lime. The group stands in the countryside of Saône-et-Loire and has been classified as a monument historique since 16 June 1998.

The lime furnaces of Vendenesse-lès-Charolles date from the second half of the 19th century. They were classified as a monument historique on 16 June 1998, a protection that covers the kilns themselves in the Saône-et-Loire countryside.

The furnaces date from the second half of the 19th century, when lime was produced for local building and farming needs. The site was listed as a monument historique on 16 June 1998, which protects the kilns as a witness to that rural industry.

The furnaces stand in open countryside at Vendenesse-lès-Charolles, in Saône-et-Loire; reach them from the village on foot. The site has been classed as a monument historique since 16 June 1998, so the structures are protected and should be viewed from outside without climbing on the masonry.

The furnaces were listed as a monument historique on 16 June 1998, the only protection status recorded for the site. They belong to the second half of the 19th century, so the structures a visitor sees today are the work of that industrial period rather than of earlier centuries.