Visit of the Chevalier Mill: an old water mill

Name: Visita del molino Chevalier: un antiguo molino de agua
Start: 2022-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Moulin Chevalier

The Chevalier Mill will open its doors to revive the know-how of the miller

16 - 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Its successive installation on four contiguous sites, illustrates the evolution of the mills during the second millennium.
On four levels and 750m2, discover the machines traditionally used for the manufacture of flour.
The recent works facilitate the secure reception of the public in the context of a presentation of ecomuseum type. This initiative, for which the association has received the «Patrimoine 2000» label, allows to revive the techniques and energies of the milling industry in recent centuries.
In 2009 the Chevalier mill was recognized as a CLUNISIAN SITE on the Great Cultural Route of the Council of Europe.
Finally, exhibitions, regularly renewed on themes close to water and the environment, are presented to the public.
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About the location

Moulin Chevalier

Route de Segrois 21220 Messanges

Côte-d'Or
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

In the valley of Vergy, on the edges of Meuzin, the mill Knight will open his doors to make relive, the space of a weekend, the work of the miller. The well-preserved establishment - it worked until 1980 - is remarkable for the range(fan) of its material(equipment) which goes of the millstone of XVIILÈME century to the cylinders of 1950\. On four levels and 950 m ² will be presented machines used traditionally for the manufacturing of the flour, and the recent works will make easier the secure welcome(reception) of the public as part of a presentation(display) of type ecomuseum. This initiative (for whom(which) he(it) received the label "Heritage 2000") allows to make relive techniques and energies of flour milling in the course of last centuries. Exhibitions(Exposures) on the hydraulic system of the mill. Video presentation(display) of the mill by the last miller for the people with reduced mobility. Visit free or guided, animations, sale of memories and brochures on the mill. These two days will be so a chance to go to the meeting of past and to exchange with those who act(behave) in favour of heritage