List of windmills in Bouches-du-Rhône
This is a list of windmills in Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
Location | Name of mill | Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
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Allauch | Moulin d'Allauch No. 1 | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ![]() | |
Allauch | Moulin d'Allauch No. 2 | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ||
Arles | Moulin Van Gogh Moulin de la Crau Moulin Tour de Jonquet |
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Barbentane | Moulin de Barbentane | Moulin Tour | ![]() | ||
Bouc-Bel-Air | Moulin de Bouc Bel Air | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ||
Bouc-Bel-Air | Moulin de Bouc Bel Air | Éolienne | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ||
Boulbon | Moulin Bonnet | Moulin Tour | ![]() | ||
Cabriès | Moulin de Cabriès | ||||
Château-Gombert | Moulin de la Montezane | Moulin Tour | 1737 | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ![]() |
Ensuès-la-Redonne | Moulin d'Ensuès la Redonne | ||||
Fontvieille | Moulin de Saint-Pierre Moulin Daudet |
Moulin Tour | 1814 | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ![]() |
Fontvieille | Moulins de Rome | Two mills?) | |||
Fontvieille | Moulin Ramet | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ||
Fontvieille | Moulin Tissot Moulin Avon |
Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ||
Fontvieille | Moulin Sourdon | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ![]() | |
Fuveau | Moulin des Forges | Moulin Tour | Converted to dovecote | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ![]() |
Gardanne | Moulin de Cativel | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ||
Gardanne | Moulin de Gardanne | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ||
Gignac-la-Nerthe | Moulin de Gignac la Nerthe | ||||
La Ciotat | Moulin de St Jean | ||||
Lambesc | Moulin de Bertoire | Moulin Tour | 1795–1810 | Présentation (mise à jour janvier 2013) du Projet de restauration du Moulin à Vent de Bertoire sur le site de publication Calameo ou by French heritage foundation | ![]() |
Le Tholonet | Moulin de Le Tholonet | Moulin Tour | ![]() | ||
Les Baux-de-Provence | Moulin des Baux de Provence | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ![]() | |
Les Pennes-Mirabeau | Moulin de Pallières No. 1 | Moulin Tour | 18th century | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | |
Les Pennes-Mirabeau | Moulin de Pallières No. 2 | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | |||
Les Pennes-Mirabeau | Moulin de Pallières No. 3 | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | |||
Marseille | Moulins de la Bastide de Montgolfier | Two mills | |||
Martigues | Moulins de Martigues | Three mills | |||
Plan-de-Cuques | Moulin du Mail | ||||
Rousset | Moulin de Rousset | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ![]() | |
Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts | Moulin de St Mitre les Remparts | ||||
Saint-Victoret | Moulin de St Victoret | ||||
Vauvenargues | Moulin de Vauvenargues | ||||
Venelles | Moulin de Venelles le Haut | ||||
Ventabren | Moulin de Ventabren | Moulin Tour | Moulins-a-Vent (in French) | ||
Vitrolles | Moulin des Pinchinades |
LAMBESC Moulin de Bertoire Moulin Tour
The towermill of Bertoire (13410 – Lambesc) mill built of local stone (between 1795 et 1810), with a vaulted ground floor to support the first floor and two rotating wheels and recumbent. It is located near the sports park, opposite the shopping center "Calypso"
The Association "Conservation patrimoine de Lambesc" has been founded in October 2009, which first project is to add wings to mill and grind wheat; then, the tower will become windmill. City of Lambesc, proprietary of this windmill since 1981, gave in November 2010, authorization to this project, contracting with Association "Conservation patrimoine de Lambesc". conservationpatrimoinelambesc-hotmail-fr.
Association "Conservation patrimoine de Lambesc" has contracted, in December 2010 with the "fondation du Patrimoine"(heritage foundation in France), to launch a public subscription starting in January 2011. Page de Soutien au Projet de restauration du Moulin de Bertoire
Since April 2011, work began: disbursement around the windmill, extracting the stone quarry in Lambesc of 40 coping stones followed by the size of the 40 stones in the stone-cutter's workshop), installation of scaffolding, raising of the tower wall to original height, 40 Laying coping stones.
External links
French Heritage Foundation supports projects to restore windmills with fundraising financial (tax-free) for the French public. 'la Fondation du Patrimoine organise des souscriptions de mécénat populaire.