Moulin de la Galette
Located in the northern Paris district of Montmartre, the Moulin de la Galette was built in 1622 and purchased by the Debray family in 1809 for the purposes of bread making. 5 years later in 1814, and at the end of the Napoleonic War, three Debray family members were killed and nailed to the windmill in defense of their property against raiding Cossacks during the siege of Paris. Almost 60 years later, another member of the family, Pierre-Charles Debray, was similarly killed and nailed to the windmill.
Later in the 19th century, the windmill would become a symbol for Parisian lifestyle and the pleasure coming from a cup of wine and baked bread ground from the mill. Artists such as Renoir and Van Gogh would go on to document in their paintings Bal du moulin de la Galette and Le Moulin de la Galette respectively.
83 Rue Lepic
75018 Paris, France
