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Moulin de la Plaine

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Moulin de la Plaine

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Location: Barbâtre, Les Sables-D'Olonne, Pays de la Loire, France

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Paul_C

June 21, 2023

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Here is a beautiful old windmill, unfortunately without its sails, but which nevertheless remains an interesting building to visit.

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JakobusPilger

July 18, 2024

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Nowadays, they are rarely used for their original purpose, but are often just technical and historical monuments to a long tradition of craftsmanship: the heavy millstones inside were moved using the power of the wind as the driving force, for example to grind grain into flour (so-called grain mills) or to press oil from fruits (e.g. olives) (so-called oil mills). These old windmills are therefore the best proof that people were clever enough to harness the power of the wind a number of centuries ago - long before the discovery of electricity and the inventions that followed.

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