Location: Odeillo, France
Date: 1970
Architect: unknown
Purpose: solar furnace
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More info: A solar furnace is a structure used to harness the rays of the sun in order to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. This is achieved using a curved mirror (or an array of mirrors) that acts as a parabolic reflector, concentrating light (Insolation) onto a focal point. The largest solar furnace in the world is at Odeillo in the Pyrenees-Orientales in France, opened in 1970.
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