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THE SOLAR FURNACE (CNRS)

66120 FONT-ROMEU-ODEILLO-VIA
Tel. 33 (0)4 68 30 77 86
Fax. 33 (0)4 68 04 28 11
soleil@promes.cnrs.fr

Open from 01/09/2011 to 30/06/2012 - 10:00/12:30 - 14:00/18:00
Open from 01/07/2012 to 31/08/2012 - 09:30/19:00

Built in 1968, the solar furnace of Odeillo shelters the National Scientific Research Center of which the specificity is research on elements and their properties at high temperatures. Its gigantic mirror concentrates up to 16 000 times the energy of the sun that hits the earth’s surface and is capable of reaching temperatures up to 3500 degrees.

Services
Shop, Possibility of rest

Location
Mountain

 

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Tariffs :
Rate for children : 3,50 €
Rates for subscribers : 6,00 €
Basic rate-Adult full rate : 7,00 €

Payment methods : Credit card, Cheques and postal orders, Holiday vouchers

Groups welcome : yes

Accessibility for the disabled : no

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