Windmill Sails at the Famous Moulin Rouge in Paris Have Collapsed

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Windmill Sails at the Famous Moulin Rouge in Paris Have Collapsed

The iconic red windmill lost its sails overnight on April 25

<p>Abdullah Firas/ABACA/Shutterstock </p> Workers remove the wings of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris on April 25.

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Workers remove the wings of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris on April 25.

The sails of the iconic windmill at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France have collapsed.

The red windmill, for which the popular Parisian cabaret is named, lost its sails in the early morning hours of Thursday, April 25 at about 2 a.m. according to the Wall Street Journal and other outlets. No injuries were reported.

<p>Abdullah Firas/ABACA/Shutterstock </p> Workers remove the wings of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris on April 25.

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Workers remove the wings of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris on April 25.

Jean-Victor Clerico, the director of the Moulin Rouge, told French media that a "technical problem" caused the windmill and part of the "Moulin Rouge" sign to collapse, according to the Associated Press.

The final show of the night ended at 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, so patrons of the legendary cabaret safely exited the venue before the accident, per Clerico and the WSJ. The building isn't in danger of collapsing and the show will go on in the evening of Thursday, April 25, the director said.

<p>Kay-Paris Fernandes/Getty</p> The Moulin Rouge, seen without its sails and missing letters after they fell in the early hours of Thursday morning on April 25, 2024 in Paris, France. The club has been a fixture of Parisian nightlife since its opening in 1889, known as the birthplace of the can-can dance at Le Moulin Rouge.

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The Moulin Rouge, seen without its sails and missing letters after they fell in the early hours of Thursday morning on April 25, 2024 in Paris, France. The club has been a fixture of Parisian nightlife since its opening in 1889, known as the birthplace of the can-can dance at Le Moulin Rouge.

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“The show continues, that’s the most important thing,” he said, per the AP.

Eric Lejoindre, mayor of Paris’s 18th district, confirmed the collapse of the red windmill on X (formerly Twitter).

The Moulin Rouge thanked the public for its support in a message on X. "Thank you all for your many messages of support," the post, translated by Google, read. "We are open this evening, to continue to bring the spirit of the Parisian party to life. The wings of the Moulin Rouge have been rotating for 135 years, they were lit for the first time on October 6, 1889 when it opened."

<p>Kay-Paris Fernandes/Getty</p> The Moulin Rouge, seen without its sails and missing letters.

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The Moulin Rouge, seen without its sails and missing letters.

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After its 1889 opening, a fire destroyed the building in 1915 and the venue was re-opened in 1921.

“It will be strange for the tourists who will take pictures without the sails, it looks a bit naked but it will be replaced, and certainly quicker than Notre Dame,” local resident Sylvain Lemerle told the AP, referring to the fire that destroyed the historic Parisian cathedral in 2019.

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