Memorial of the Plateau des Forges du Gua

Plateau des Forges du Gua: architectural ensemble resulting from the industrial revolution, the district of Gua was born around the installation of Forges which founded a number of railway tracks in the 19th century. This industrial epic still bears witness to the fireplaces with ornate heads (listed in the MH) as well as the Arcades building, the former headquarters of the Company. Opposite, the church was built with the help of the Company, which notably cast the metal framework. It is the same for the school, qualified as "school palace" (registered with the MH) built on the funds of this same Company. This paternalism would not however make us forget the working conditions of the miners and workers of the time, where on this same plateau, during a bloody strike movement, 17 people, including 2 women and a 7 year old child lost their lives. A memorial was erected in memory of this sad episode, which inspired a passage from Germinal to Emile Zola, and a poem to Victor Hugo.