Moulins à vent de Régusse, Historic windmills in Régusse, France.

The Moulins à vent de Régusse are two cylindrical rubble-stone towers, each six meters high and six meters in diameter, with dark conical roofs. The south mill has four wooden lattice sails; the north mill has none, only a wooden housing on its roof. A low stone wall with an arched doorway and metal gate links them.

A mill at Régusse is first mentioned in a 1565 land valuation requested by Antoine d'Albert, though the earliest mills may date from the 12th or 13th century. In 1292 the men of the castrum complained they were forced to grind at the Temple mill of Saint-Maurice, far from their homes. The mills still produced 52 tonnes of flour a year in 1811, were long abandoned, restored in 1995 and inaugurated on 3 August 1996.

The association Les Amis des Moulins de Régusse gives guided tours on the history, restoration and operation of the mills, and each August at harvest time the winged mill is set running with milling demonstrations. The mills also appeared in Guillaume Sanjorge's series Draculi & Gandolfi.

The windmills are located on Rue des Moulins and can be reached from Grande Rue or the local pétanque court area. Comfortable walking shoes are useful since the path to the hilltop involves a moderate climb.

The two mills require a group of several people and about thirty minutes to properly orient their mechanisms toward the wind, especially with the strong Mistral. This reveals the hands-on labor that was needed daily to keep these structures working.