Shock on the Montmartre hill in Paris, where the wings of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret fell to the ground Thursday morning after their fall during the night. The reason is still unknown.
The wings of the dean of Parisian cabarets – immortalized by the posters of the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the end of the 19th century – fell during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, firefighters told AFP, confirming information from BFMTV .
The letters M, O and U of its name, located on the facade, have also fallen. No injuries were reported, Paris firefighters said, adding that there was no longer any risk of collapse. The reasons for this fall are currently unknown.
“It’s incredible,” Exaucé, who did not want to give his name, expressed emotion to AFP. A chef at the Moulin Rouge, he discovered the blades on the ground when he arrived on site around 8 a.m.
The capital’s police chief, Laurent Nuñez, for his part indicated that “security architects from the police headquarters” went to the site.
Thursday morning, barriers were put in place around the entrance to the establishment but the street was not blocked and a dump truck removed the blades, noted an AFP journalist.
After closing
“It’s funny. It’s like cutting off the head of the Eiffel Tower. It hurts me. I hope they will repair it quickly,” reacted to AFP Daniel, 58, who explains passing in front of the building every day to get to work.
“This is the first time that an accident of this type has occurred since its creation on October 6, 1889,” said the Moulin Rouge.
“It happened after closing at 1:15 a.m. fortunately,” said the same Source, indicating that, “every week, the technical management of the cabaret checks the mechanism of the mill wings and has not noted any problem.”
“On the site itself, we have 24-hour surveillance, particularly on the roofs, with human presence. We already know that this is not a malicious act, it is obviously a technical problem,” he said. Jean-Victor Clerico, general director of the Moulin Rouge, declared to the press.
Temple of Cancan
The only serious accident that occurred in the world temple of cancan was a fire due to work in 1915, according to the cabaret, which had to close for nine years.
The famous establishment, which will celebrate its 135th anniversary on October 6, is located at the foot of the Montmartre hill and in the heart of the Pigalle district. Synonymous with crazy Parisian nights with the Lido and cancan dancers, it attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world every day who take photos in front of its facade with its animated wings.
Its “trademark”, the French cancan, made this institution famous with its revues of dancers in petticoats and froufrou, in the footsteps of La Goulue, la Môme Fromage, Nini Pattes en l’air and Mistinguett.
The Moulin Rouge welcomes 600,000 spectators per year, with two performances each evening, 365 days per year, and employs some 450 employees.
This article was automatically published. Sources: ats / afp
