Moulin de la Tour, Historical windmill in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.

The Moulin de la Tour is a cylindrical stone windmill on place du 8 mai 1945 in Ivry-sur-Seine. Its pale beige and grey tower rises from a wider base to a dark conical roof, with four wooden lattice sails and a narrow wooden gallery below the roof. Three small rectangular windows are set vertically above an arched doorway reached by steps.

The mill's exact origin is uncertain: stones inside bear the dates 1415 and 1680, and the first known owner is recorded in 1674. In 1680 Claude Bosc, adviser to the king of France, acquired it as a banal mill attached to the seigneurie of Ivry and Saint-Frambourg. It appears on the royal hunting maps of 1730 and 1765, when it was sold to the miller Charles Mortier. Milling stopped around 1830.

This is the last remaining windmill in the Val-de-Marne region, and it shows how people processed grain in earlier times. When you walk through it, you can see the spaces where this everyday work took place.

The building is open only on certain days for visitors, so it is best to check the schedule in advance. The Pierre Curie or Porte d'Ivry metro stations are good starting points for a visit.

In 1976, engineers moved the entire structure 35 meters (115 feet) using hydraulic jacks and railway tracks to save it from demolition. This engineering feat remains remarkable in the history of monument preservation.