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Moulin à vent de la Tranchée

Montsoreau, Maine-et-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Moulin à vent de la Tranchée (cad. B 472) : inscription par arrêté du 30 mars 1978
Protection dates
1978/03/30 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin
Main period of construction
18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Montsoreau
Département
Maine-et-Loire
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.21102, 0.05744
Mérimée reference
PA00109216

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1703 map "Map of the Geography of Ancient France). (continued.)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le moulin à vent, à farine, de la Tranchée date du 18e siècle. De type cavier angevin, il domine la Loire, au coeur du vignoble saumurois. Il présente une masse de plan polygonal parementée en tuffeau entourée de contreforts. Le massereau, également en tuffeau, qui supporte la hucherolle est particulièrement soigné. Outre la cave principale menant à la salle des meules, il comprend deux autres caves à usage de logement et d'écurie.

English translation

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The windmill, flour mill, of La Tranchée dates from the 18th century. Of the Angevin cavier type, it overlooks the Loire, in the heart of the Saumur vineyards. It presents a mass of polygonal plan faced in tuffeau and surrounded by buttresses. The massereau, also in tuffeau, which supports the hood is particularly carefully finished. Besides the main cellar leading to the millstone room, it comprises two other cellars for use as dwelling and stable.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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