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the time of its founding, by Simon de Thysac, in 1475, in
this particularly well-wooded region of France, (50% of the
surface of Franche-Comté is covered by woodland), with
abundant supplies of sand and ferns, all the elements required
for the manufacture of glass were present:
- wood for heating the furnaces,
- fern whose potassium-rich ashes were used to assist the
melting of the glass),
- silica (sand from the breakdown of sandstone) which was
extracted from the limestone soils of the Vosges.
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nature lovers, a visit to La Rochère (in a region known
for spas such as Vittel, Contrexéville, Luxeuil, Plombières,
Bain les bains, Bourbonne les Bains) is an invitation to discover
a region with an exceptional natural heritage: countryside,
mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, ponds, mountain streams,
cascades, fauna and flora.
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Rochère : a stop-over on
the route of rivers, forest and lakes.
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