Former royal hunting lodge now paper laboratory

Bstradc” at Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, erected in the 13th. Century as a fortifiedhunting-box for the Grand Seigneurs of Provence, and lat...
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FORMER ROYAL HUNTING LODGE NOW PAPER LABORATORY

Thesc photographs show one of the oldcst, il not thc oldcst, building in the world that is a t present uscd as a chcmical laboratory. I t is "La Grande Zstradc" at Marignane, Bouches-du-RhBne, France, erected in the 13th Century as a fortified hunting-box for the Grand Seigneurs of Provcnce, and later occupied by Mirabeau. It is supposed to be the oldest occupied building in Provenee. At present i t is a paper-making laboratory of an American chemist, William A. Hall.