Consuegra windmills
The Consuegra windmills are located in Consuegra , a municipality in the Toledo province of the Castile-La Mancha autonomous region ( Spain ). The windmills on the Calderico hill, where the Castillo de Consuegra is located, are protected as historical monuments.
history
The eleven windmills from the 16th century bear names such as El Blanco , La Turca and El Sancho Pansa , the name of the servant in the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes . In addition to Consuegra, the places Campo de Criptana and Mota del Cuervo also claim to have served as a template for the scene of the knight's fight with the windmills. In the Caballero del Verde Gabán (Knight in the Green Cloak) mill there are numerous copies of Don Quixote .
A grinding stone can be seen in the Bolero mill , where the tourist office is located, and the entire grinding mechanism is still preserved in the El Sancho Panza mill . The Cardeño mill used to be inhabited and the Rucio mill has an exhibition on wine . The Espartero mill contains an exhibition on the arts and crafts in the province of Toledo.
Moulin Alcancía
literature
- Spain. Baedeker travel guide , 11th edition, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-8297-1114-X .
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Coordinates: 39 ° 26 ′ 58 " N , 3 ° 36 ′ 26" W.