Molino El Cubo
The Molino El Cubo is the name of a historic windmill in the Spanish city of Cuéllar (Segovia) .
history
The windmill from the 13th century, the exact date of construction is unknown, but was already documented in 1496 when the two conquistadores Gabriel de Rojas y Córdova and Manuel de Rojas y Córdova gave the mill to the aristocrats and Duke Francisco I Fernández de la Cueva y Mendoza overwritten. The document is dated June 14, 1496 and is in the Archivo de la Casa Ducal de Alburquerque in Cuéllar.
There is little data to tell how long the Cuellar windmill was in operation. Various documents from the 16th century prove that the place where grain was milled was known as the Molino de Viento de Cubo . In the middle of the 18th century, the mill is listed in the land register of the Duke of Albuquerque's possessions and was part of a property at the foot of Castillo de Cuéllar . In 1931 the mill was declared together with the Castillo as the Monumento Artístico Nacional .
In 2007 the owner at the time, Juan Miguel Osorio, bequeathed the mill and the surrounding land to the city. Today the Molino El Cubo is part of the eight hectare garden and recreation area Parque de la Huerta del Duque in Cuéllar.
swell
- Cuéllar: Archivo de la Casa Ducal de Alburquerque, caja 151, legajo 1, adicional nº.12.
- Archivo de Villa y Tierra de Cuéllar, sección XIV / 3, legajo nº. 3: Trueque de tierras entre Juan de Agüero y el concejo de Cuéllar, 12-marzo-1535
literature
- Balbino Velasco Bayón, (1996). Historia de Cuéllar (cuarta edición). Segovia. ISBN 84-500-4620-3 .
Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ′ 51.5 ″ N , 4 ° 19 ′ 5.9 ″ W.