Monday 29 April 2024

Not Quite As Famous As The Eiffel Tower,

but pretty close, 


photograph Dietmar Rabich via Wikimedia Commons, the sails of the Windmill located in Paris's 18th arrondissement, made from wood and metal have come to be a tourist destination in the city, according to the Moulin Rouge's Instagram post, windmill sails have been turning on the building for 135 years, since its opening, but they gave out, 

photograph  © Benoit Tessier, Reuters, the collapsed sails were reportedly rebuilt 20 years ago to make them lighter and were checked every two months, Raphaël, a local resident, told Le Parisien it was “quite upsetting to see the windmill without its sails – it’s a symbol of Pigalle and of all Paris”. André Duval, the front-of-house manager in the 1980s and a neighbour for 50 years, was equally shocked, “Paris without its windmill is like Paris without the Eiffel Tower,” he said, as it happens we nearly went to the Molin Rouge way back in March 2018, 

but we ended up here, 


and what a show it was! back to the windmill, the Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, confirmed that no one had been hurt, “safety architects” had been dispatched to the scene, and there was no risk of further collapse, may the sails soon be back and turning.


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