In the place called “La Sierra”, there are the seven windmills of Mota del Cuervo. Outstanding set among those existing in the region and that in 1967 acquired the geotouristic name of "Balcón de La Mancha" due to the vast and extensive horizon that can be seen from them.

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JakobusPilger

25 de maio de 2024

Unfortunately, nowadays they are often only monuments to a long tradition of craftsmanship: the heavy millstones were moved using the power of the wind alone to grind grains into flour (grain mills) or press oil from olives (oil mills). Sometimes - although rarely - the windmills also had the function of a pumping station and transported water to a higher level.
But Miguel de CERVANTES (1547 to 1616) also created a literary monument to the technical monument of the mills: the most famous figure of the author, who is considered Spain's national poet and whose work can certainly be valued as world literature: "Don QUIXOTE", also known as the "Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance" and always accompanied by his loyal squire Sancho Panza, fights a - of course hopeless - battle against windmills in one of the fictional stories, in which he believes he recognizes four-armed giants.

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Elevação 820 m

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segunda-feira 20 outubro

23°C

12°C

10 %

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Localização:Mota Del Cuervo, Mancha Baja, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Espanha

Moinhos de vento de Mota del Cuervo (Balcón de La Mancha)

1. Mota del Cuervo – circular pelos moinhos de La Sierra

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