The Windmill Sails of Famed Paris Landmark Moulin Rouge Collapsed Overnight

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The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the ironic Parisian dancehall and landmark the Moulin Rouge fell off overnight, but fortunately no passers-by were injured given the early morning hour the collapse took place.
The falling sails damaged the façade of the building and tore off the first three letters – “MOU” – of the venue’s sign.
By mid-Thursday morning local time, the letters had been replaced, local media reported.
The Moulin Rouge, which translated means “Red Mill,” is a cabaret on Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection of, and terminus of Rue Blanche in the XVIII e arrondissement, known as Montmartre.
The cabaret was opened as the Jardin de Paris by co-founders Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller in 1889, the same year that the Eiffel Tower was built. It is best known as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can, originally created as a seductive dance by the courtesans who frequented the establishment and danced to a furious rhythm by dancers in titillating costumes.
The can-can revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the opening of cabarets throughout Europe.
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