Guided tours of the Tuilerie Laurent

Name: Visites guidées de la Tuilerie Laurent
Start: 2023-09-16T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Tuilerie Laurent

On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, come and visit the Tuilerie Laurent and discover a family history dating back more than 160 years! On the menu: tiles, tiles and bricks, a...

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passat

On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, come and visit the Tuilerie Laurent and discover a family history dating back more than 160 years! On the menu: tiles, tiles and bricks, a guided tour of the factory, a demonstration of manufacturing, and exchanges and questions with visitors. Visits are provided by my father Eric Laurent and myself, Colin Laurent.

À propos du lieu

Tuilerie Laurent

Rd 108 hameau de Thil-la-Ville 4A, 21390 Nan-sous-Thil

Côte-d'Or
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

It was in 1862 that my great-great-grandfather, François Laurent, working at the Aisy-Sous-Thil tile factory, had the idea of taking clay from his handkerchief along a road from Thil-La-Ville to the town of Nan-sous-Thil (21390). From this clay came some flat tiles, baked in the oven of his boss. At the time of delivery, he noted with satisfaction the apparent quality of his test. He decided to buy a plot of this land to realize his dream: to make tiles with the clay of Thil. This is how the Tuilerie Laurent was born. During the summer of 1988, my father Eric came to help my grandfather and undertook important work to facilitate the handling of the products. It was in 1990 that he officially became the fourth generation to operate this tile factory. After demolishing the old wood kilns, Éric acquired more modern and economical gas kilns in 1999 and 2008\. With these two ovens and a good organization of the work, it now ensures a quality manufacturing and in honorable time. My father ha

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