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Paris’ Moulin Rouge cabaret nine successful France mislaid nan sails of its historical windmill — a awesome almost arsenic iconic to nan City of Lights arsenic nan Eiffel Tower — overnight Wednesday.
The sails, aliases blades, fell from nan reddish windmill that tops nan tourer venue, known for its can-can dancers, sometime earlier 2 a.m., nan Moulin Rouge’s wide head told reporters.
"The Moulin Rouge, successful 135 years of history, has knowledgeable galore adventures, but it is existent that for nan wings, this is nan first clip that this has happened," Jean-Victor Clerico said.
He added, "A small earlier 2 a.m., nan wings of nan windmill gave way, fell connected nan boulevard and fortunately astatine this clip nan boulevard was quiet of passersby. We are relieved this morning, particularly to cognize that location were nary injuries."
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It's nan first clip nan Moulin Rouge's sails person fallen successful its 135-year history, nan wide head said. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)
The Moulin Rouge mostly has 2 90-minute shows each night, astatine 9 and 11 p.m.
"I heard it connected nan radio. As I unrecorded adjacent door, I wanted to travel and spot pinch my ain eyes what it was for illustration and it's very sad," resident Laurence Plu told Reuters. "It's not nan Moulin anymore, it mislaid his wings, it mislaid his soul."
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Moulin Rouge's windmill without its sails. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)
The Moulin Rouge was founded successful 1889, and its celebrated can-can dancers person been depicted successful paintings by nan likes of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who besides frequented nan spot successful its early days. It was besides depicted successful nan 2001 musical starring Nicole Kidman of nan aforesaid name.
Clerico said nan nine will analyse what caused nan sails to autumn but said it didn’t look to beryllium intentional.
The Moulin Rouge's surgery sails were removed Thursday. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)
Danish tourer Lise Thygesen told Reuters she hoped nan sails would beryllium restored, truthful it would stay nan "old Moulin Rouge" and German tourer Florence Chevalier said that nan windmill symbolized Paris for him.
The Moulin Rouge was founded successful 1889. (George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)
"It's weird to me, it's Paris. It's for illustration nan Eiffel Tower, it's Paris. It's weird, you can't opportunity it immoderate different way," he explained.
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The incident comes almost precisely 5 years aft a 2019 occurrence destroyed Notre-Dame cathedral’s woody spire, wooden tile and damaged its walls. Restoration activity is still underway.
A caller spire was revealed successful February.
Reuters contributed to this report.
