As you can see, this is a very different windmill from the post mills we have in the Loire. Comme vous pouvez voir, ce moulin est très différent des moulins cavier qu’on trouve partout dans la vallée de la Loire.
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My Favourite Windmill – Mon moulin préféré
I have already posted photos of other post mills,particularly the Saint-Jacques mill, but the Agrémonts windmill is my favourite. It’s just near Bléré and not far from château de Chenonceau. This type of windmill is called a cavier in French because the miller was also a winegrower with a wine cellar (or cave).. Agrémonts was built between …
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The Post Mill – Le moulin cavier
I have already photographed the Saint-Jacques Windmill from the bike path but had never seen it from the highway. It is an Angevin-type cavier or post mill, highly recognisable due to its circular stone building surmounted by a wooden cone supporting a windshaft or hucherolle to which the sails are attached. Movement is transmitted through the cone to millstones …
Postcard from Germany: The White Windmill – Le Moulin blanc
< We came across this windmill when cycling along the Elbe between Meissen and Riese. You may remember the post windmill I published earlier. Notice the very patriotic car. We’re rather worried about how popular we’ll be if France wins the soccer against Germany on Friday. Nous avons vu ce moulin lorsqu’on faisait du vélo …
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Post Mill – Moulin cavier
Numerous windmills of this type existed on the top of the hills overlooking the Loire between Candes Saint Martin and Saumur. The restored hucherolle seen here is in Turquant. The millstones were in cellars hollowed out in the tufa stone below. De nombreux moulins de ce type existaient sur les hauteurs des coteaux entre Candes …
Le moulin Saint Jacques – St Jacques Windmill, Saint-Laurent-Nouan
The Saint-Jacques Windmill is an Angevin-type cavier or post mill, highly recognisable due to its circular stone building surmounted by a wooden cone supporting a windshaft or hucherolle to which the sails are attached. Movement is transmitted through the cone to millstones placed at the base. One of the first to be built in Loire-et-Cher in the early 19th …
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