Les Moulins de Vassieux-en-Vercors: the story of a village community

114 La Mûre, 26420 Vassieux-en-Vercors, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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20 - 22 September 2024
Overview

The towers of the windmill, located on a calcareous mound in 1100 m by height in the place - said Walls It up catch look when they arrive on the village of Vassieux. View(Sight), splendid, kisses(embraces) all valley of Vassieux and chaine of Grand Veymont. The wind blows there a lot of the year, of the North or of the South at an average speed from 5 to 6 m / second: the place lends itself therefore particularly well to the setting-up(presence) of windmills. The mill dating of 1751, presents a tower of 7.75 m of diameter, still rising to 6 m of height, and its practically undamaged external facing. Such as they appear as is, the tours(towers,ballots) of the Blackberry establish(constitute) the last windmills still kept(preserved) in elevation in the Alps of the North and in mountain environment(middle). In that capacity, they establish(constitute) exceptional monuments of the heritage of the Regional Nature park of Vercors and the Region Rhône-Alpes. (A.Belmont)
Access
On y accède depuis la route du col de Proncel (CD 178, la Chapelle-Vassieux) par le hameau de la Mûre et de là par un chemin carrossable.
Website
http://moulinsventdevassieux.blog4ever.com/
Phone
04 75 48 28 11

Address
114 La Mûre, 26420 Vassieux-en-Vercors, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

44.914567, 5.379669

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