19 and 20 September

September 2026

Saturday 19
- 08:00 - 22:00
Sunday 20
- 08:00 - 18:00

Moulins à vent de la Mure

114 La Mûre, 26420 Vassieux-en-Vercors

Drôme

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Visit the windmills of La Mure

Name: Visit the windmills of La Mure
Start: 2026-09-19T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-20T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Moulins à vent de la Mure

You will find on site panels relating to the history of the mills of Vassieux, including the windmills (8 to 10 recorded) and in particular the windmills of the hamlet of La Mure, last in ...

19 and 20 September

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You will find on site panels relating to the history of the windmills of the hamlet of La Mure, the last still in elevation for all the northern Alps
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September 2026

Saturday 19
- 08:00 - 22:00
Sunday 20
- 08:00 - 18:00

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About the location

Moulins à vent de la Mure

114 La Mûre, 26420 Vassieux-en-Vercors

Drôme

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The towers of the windmill, located on a calcareous mound in 1100 m by height in the place - said Walls It up catch look when they arrive on the village of Vassieux. View(Sight), splendid, kisses(embraces) all valley of Vassieux and chaine of Grand Veymont. The wind blows there a lot of the year, of the North or of the South at an average speed from 5 to 6 m / second: the place lends itself therefore particularly well to the setting-up(presence) of windmills. The mill dating of 1751, presents a tower of 7.75 m of diameter, still rising to 6 m of height, and its practically undamaged external facing. Such as they appear as is, the tours(towers,ballots) of the Blackberry establish(constitute) the last windmills still kept(preserved) in elevation in the Alps of the North and in mountain environment(middle). In that capacity, they establish(constitute) exceptional monuments of the heritage of the Regional Nature park of Vercors and the Region Rhône-Alpes. (A.Belmont)

September 2026

Besuchen Sie die Windmühlen der Mure

Visit the windmills of La Mure

Visita i mulini a vento del fiume Mure

Visitez les moulins à vent de la Mure

Visite los molinos de viento del río Mure

September 2026