Visit

Stroll to an old windmill at an altitude of around 400 metres on the crest of a hill once crossed by an ancient transhumance path.
Its position offers a magnificent panorama all the way to the sea.

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The Adrech windmill was built between 1746 and 1776, the date of a ground rent lease by its owner, sieur Clément Guillabert, master surgeon of La Garde-Freinet. We learn that the tower was not plastered, that the wings were made of pine wood, as was the roof, and that the millstones, revolving and standing, were made of a single piece of Marseille stone.
The last known mention of the mill is a deed of sale dated June 1841. A certain Tropez Ollivier, a former wheat miller, was forced to sell the mill to pay off his debts. It was bought by the village baker, Antoine Montagnac, for the sum of 2,400 francs and 8 kg of white bread per week for the rest of his life. 20 years later, the mill ceased to operate for good.

HISTORY, CULTURE AND HERITAGE

Adrech windmill built between 1746 and 1776