Moulin de Piis

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Former mill with a fortified tower on the north side
West side with arched portal

The Moulin de Piis (French moulin for mill ) in Bassanne , a French commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , was a watermill that was built around 1280.

In 1234 Guillaume-Raymond de Piis bought the Bassanne estate . The heir, his son Déodat de Piis, had the watermill built from limestone masonry , which could also be defended with a rectangular defensive tower on the north side. The mill was in operation until 1930 and fell into disrepair in the decades that followed. In the 2000s the building was converted into a residential building.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 96.

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Coordinates: 44 ° 33 '57.3 "  N , 0 ° 5' 17.4"  W.