Interactive Museum of the Mills in Mazonovo

• Taramundi
• Museum

This museum was created to show the great variety of hydraulic and hand-operated mills that were used throughout history and in different parts of the world to grind cereals.

Through the different existing replicas you can grind as our ancestors did, see how the electric current is made, since the museum has its own power plant that gives energy to the whole set. With an outside visit along the supply channel you can see mills from other cultures such as Chinese and Brazilian. Arriving at the end of the walk to an artificial waterfall that serves as a reservoir to supply water to the set.

Building 1 . interactive

It includes hand mills (where you can grind as it was done in the past), and the following hydraulic mills: gravity mill (working continuously); medieval mill and Greek mill (the visitor can put them into operation by opening the water flow to the impeller).

Building 2

See how wheat was milled in Taramundi until a few decades ago in a hydraulic mill that is in continuous operation; next to it there is another exactly the same dismantled to be able to observe in detail all its elements and to better understand its operation.

In addition to the mill, there is a space reserved for understanding the process of transforming hydraulic energy into electrical energy with the power plant that still supplies energy to the complex today. An open-chamber Francis turbine, supplied with water by an aqueduct, has been in operation since 1941.

Exterior

Through the canal that supplies the complex, you can observe mills from other cultures, such as the Chinese mill, completely made of wood and moved by human power, and the Brazilian mill, which works hydraulically. Arriving at an artificial waterfall where the river is cut to supply water to the whole complex.

Mills

There are 19 mills in the museum: 8 manual, 6 hydraulic, 3 specific for children and 2 special mills (the latter two are life-size, but exhibited in ideal conditions, for the understanding of the different elements of these devices). The visit to the museum is completed with an outdoor walk, showcases of elements related to the mills and information panels.