The windmills of the world-famous Moulin Rouge (Red Mill) in Paris have broken off, the fire department of the French capital announced. According to the official statement, no one was injured in the accident that occurred at dawn on Thursday, and there is no danger of the building collapsing further.
The blades of the world-famous Moulin Rouge windmill have broken off / Photo: Northfoto
According to a Moulin Rouge official, this is the first such accident in the history of the amusement park, which opened in 1889, and they don’t know what caused it either. He noted that fortunately the accident happened following closing time on Wednesday evening.
The reason for the fall of the wind blades has not yet been determined.
He added that the management of the amusement park checks the operation of the mill’s wind blades every week, and no errors were found.
The damaged windmill facing the street / Photo: Oleg Cetinic
The Moulin Rouge, which will be 135 years old in October, is one of the most popular attractions in Paris, in front of which thousands of tourists take photos every day. According to the nightclub, they hold two shows every night and have regarding 600,000 guests a year.
The torn off wind blades / Photo: Oleg Cetinic
Moulin Rouge had a Hungarian performer in the person of Zsuzsa Cserháti. Last June, on the 75th anniversary of the birth of the singer, who died in 2003, a four-track maxi CD and vinyl medium record (EP) of previously unreleased recordings of Zsuzsa Cserháti was released under the title Lost Recordings. The singer worked at the Moulin Rouge in the 1980s.
