Moulinsart

Moulinsart is a Belgian small town imaginary where is located the Château of Moulinsart where resident the heroes of the Aventures of Tintin.

The origin of Moulinsart

Obviously inspired of the one of the , Loire ch4ateau Cheverny, the castle of Moulinsart however was amputee of the two wings, to undoubtedly make a less pretentious residence of it, according to the comments of Hergé. As for the name of the castle and village, it takes as a starting point the name of a reversed Belgian hamlet: Sart-mill (located on the commune of Braine-l' Alleud).

Moulinsart seems to be a large village organized rather well, since one there finds a station ( 7 Crystal balls ), the Boucherie Sanzot, the dairy Lactas ( the Business Sunflower ) as well as a monumental mason, Isidore Boullu, a brass band, “the Harmony of Moulinsart”, a pruner, Emile Vanneau, the gendarmerie and a municipal dump. ( Jewels of Castafiore ).

The place of Moulinsart in the account

The castle of Moulinsart is the property of the Loiseau brothers whom Tintin in faces the Secrecy of the Unicorn . It is in the undergrounds of the castle that Tintin is retained prisoner and it is there that one discovers for the first time a servant who will become famous: Nestor. Thanks to the sale of the patent of its submarine in the shape of shark, the Professor Tournesol will make it possible the Capitaine Haddock to acquire the castle at the end of the album the Treasury of Rackham the Red . It is still in the undergrounds of the castle that Tintin and the Capitaine Haddock discovers the treasure of the pirate.

Starting from the Secret of the Unicorn , it quasi totality of the adventures of Tintin proceed partly with Moulinsart , which is to some extent the pied-à-terre of our heroes, and the castle is used in particular as decoration with the beginning of the history of the Seven , Crystal balls the Business Sunflower and Coke in Stock . The poor residence undergoes in particular the attacks of Séraphin Lampion and… of the Professor Tournesol which is devoted to it to several experiments. Finally the history of the Bijoux of Castafiore proceeds there even entirely, the castle becoming the holiday place of the professional singer.

Moulinsart in other languages

Into English, Moulinsart is translated " Marlinspike". A " " is a tool used by the sailors to loosen the goals of the cords. In German, it is about " Mühlenhof". As a Catalan " Molins de Dalt " (mills of in top)

External bonds

Visit in 3D of the castle of Moulinsart based on the whole of the images which one can see in the various albums of Tintin
Official site of Tintin

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