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Moulin Passe-Avant

Amiens, Somme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Moulin Passe-Avant, y compris son mécanisme (cad. AB 119) : classement par arrêté du 2 décembre 1986
Protection dates
1986/12/02 : classé MH
Type
moulin à blé
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
186 rue Saint-Leu
Commune
Amiens
Département
Somme
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.90070, 2.30028
Mérimée reference
PA00116076

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(49) Artois. Atrebatum Regionis." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Les moulins Passe-Avant et Passe-Arrière sont attestés depuis le Moyen Age où ils étaient tous deux moulins à blé. Seul le moulin Passe-Avant a gardé sa structure à pan de bois du 16e siècle. Son décor (masques et blasons aux extrémités des poutres, Vierge sur poteau cornier, moulure des sablières) est actuellement très dégradé. Il comporte quatre niveaux, le premier au niveau de l'eau garde une roue à aube de type Poncelet et une partie du mécanisme. Il fut en dernier un moulin à moutarde.

English translation

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The mills Passe-Avant and Passe-Arrière are attested since the Middle Ages when they were both corn mills. Only the mill Passe-Avant has retained its timber framing structure of the 16th century. Its decoration (masks and coats of arms at the ends of the beams, Virgin on corner post, moulding of the sill beams) is currently greatly degraded. It comprises four levels, the first at water level preserves a Poncelet-type paddle wheel and part of the mechanism. It was most recently a mustard mill.

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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