Les moulins à vent de Varennes-sur-Loire sont deux moulins situés en France sur la commune de Varennes-sur-Loire, dans le département de Maine-et-Loire en région Pays de la Loire. Tous deux font l'objet d'une inscription commune au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 28 mars 1977.
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Varennes-sur-Loire is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
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Montsoreau is a commune of the Loire Valley in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France on the Loire, 160 km from the Atlantic coast and 250 km from Paris. The village is listed among The Most Beautiful Villages of France and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Montsoreau was identified under the name Restis at the end of classical antiquity as a port on the Loire at the confluence of the Loire and the Vienne. It has taken its name Mount Soreau from a rocky promontory situated in the riverbed of the Loire and surrounded by water on top of which was built a fortress in 990. There have been three major buildings on this promontory, a Gallo-Roman temple or administrative building, a fortified castle, and a Renaissance palace.
Montsoreau was, until the seventeenth century, a center of jurisdiction and the seigneury of Montsoreau stretched from the river Loire to Seuilly-l'Abbaye and Coudray castle in the south. After the French Revolution, the exploitation of a building stone, the tuffeau stone, abruptly increased its population of 600 inhabitants to more than 1000, maintained during the first half of the nineteenth century. This stone, easy to work, was gradually exhausted, and the population decreased to stabilize again around 600 people. Montsoreau then concentrated its activities on agriculture, wine and river trade until the end of the nineteenth century. During the Twentieth century, Montsoreau has seen river trade replaced by terrestrial trade and the rise of a tourism economy.
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The Loire Valley is listed UNESCO World Heritage site since 30 November 2000 under the reference 933bis. The justification for the inscription of the territory is based on several criteria: its architectural heritage which includes the Châteaux of the Loire, its exceptional cultural landscape and its cultural monuments, witnesses of the Renaissance and the century Enlightenment.
The list includes at this date 160 communes distributed in 2 regions and 4 departments on a distance of 280 km long stretching from Sully-sur-Loire to Chalonnes.
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The Loire Valley, spanning 280 kilometres, is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire. The area of the Loire Valley comprises about 800 square kilometres. It is referred to as the Cradle of the French and the Garden of France due to the abundance of vineyards, fruit orchards, and artichoke and asparagus fields, which line the banks of the river. Notable for its historic towns, architecture, and wines, the valley has been inhabited since the Middle Palaeolithic period. In 2000, UNESCO added the central part of the Loire River valley to its list of World Heritage Sites.
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Localisation
Les moulins sont situés dans le département français de Maine-et-Loire, sur la commune de Varennes-sur-Loire.
Historique
Les édifices sont inscrits au titre des monuments historiques en 1977.
Références
Portail des monuments historiques français Portail de l’Anjou et de Maine-et-Loire Portail des énergies renouvelables