Have you ever heard the name Passage du Moulin des Près? It’s a little alleyway tucked away in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. This humble passage has a history longer than many Parisians could imagine. It originally started as a private road, but it was built on the very site where a windmill, or moulin, once stood. This mill was a lifeline for the local community, grinding grain into flour for bread. But after the end of the 19th century, the mill was demolished. In 1895, a part of the street, then still called Impasse Désirée, was cleared for the construction of a new road: Rue Bobillot. The remaining part of the street was converted into a public passage and renamed, becoming the Passage du Moulin des Près as it’s known today. It’s a tiny passage today, but you can still feel the echoes of the mill that once stood there. You can almost see the miller in his dusty clothes, grinding grain and filling the air with the scent of freshly baked bread.
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