The Moulin de Cugarel is an intact and restored 17th-century windmill. Typical of the 32 mills built here with the arrival of Riquet’s canal, the Cugarel was in use until 1921.
The top and roof (capelado) of the mill rotates, with a gear mechanism controlled by the miller to keep the 7-m long sails directed into [...]
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Cugarel Windmill
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Last Port of Call…
… Castlenaudary.
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Nothing comes from without. All things come from within.
Neville Goddard (1905 – 1972)
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Saint-Papoul – Church
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Saint-Papoul – Cloisters
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First Port of Call…
… on the journey home.
Saint-Papoul – first glimpse.
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Last Glimpse of the Walled City
Before the homeward journey…
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