Moulin de Guardienna

English translation

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History

Water mill with horizontal driving wheel, built at the end of the 18th century. Intended for the grinding of cereals, it is the sole remaining witness, throughout the entire Porto-Vecchio region, of a pre-industrial technology that persisted until the Second World War. A restoration in the early 20th century modified its structure and equipment: the sommier, a large wooden beam, was replaced by an iron rail and the vault covering the first level was replaced by a concrete ceiling. Built in granite rubble stone, the mill comprises the intake channel or upper mill race, connecting the watercourse to the mill; a vertical forced column opening into the driving wheel chamber through a trumpet or nozzle. It consists of two levels. The first houses the driving wheel and was originally covered by a vault. The rotating millstone was connected to the wheel by the "mill iron" or iron rod. The second level, or millstone floor, comprises a working room. The two granite millstones (stationary stone and rotating stone) are still in place. A lower mill race returns the water to the watercourse.