Moulin de Daudet Fontvieille France DSC01833
by Greg Kluempers
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Moulin de Daudet Fontvieille France DSC01833
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Greg Kluempers
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Daudet's Windmill near Moulin de Daudet Fontvieille France
A Famous French Literary Landmark
Symbol of the writer Alphonse Daudet and his work, the Moulin is open to visitors in Fontvielle. Recently renovated, it has a very nice Museum showing works and memories of Alphonse Daudet in its basement.
Its real name was in fact "Ribet" but it was also baptised "Saint Pierre".
It was built in 1815 and continued grinding during a whole century.
During the 1st World War most men were drafted and the wheat was requisitioned. These events condemned definitively our last windmill.
In 1935 the association "Alphonse Daudet's friend" decided to restore it and create a museum dedicated to the author of the "Letters of my Windmill". This building became the symbol of the writer and his work.
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November 15th, 2013
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