The Windmills of Mykonos by junge1
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The windmills have been used from as early as the16th century until the beginning of the 20th century. Mykonos and the Cyclades were located on major trade routes, and with a year round steady supply of wind, the windmills were used to refine grains and compact it for transport. For that reason, most windmills were located near the harbor on the western end of the island.
After WW I, through the progress of technology, they lost their financial value. Today, seven have been preserved as ikonic symbols of the Cyclades.
This picture was taken on 30 June 2013,
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Comments (37)
Faemike55
I am so glad that they saved 7 of these they are beautiful Great capture
rbowen
Very good capture!
Rob2753
Yes they are I loved being there thank you for the memory :)
emmecielle
Wonderful view! Excellent capture! :)
drifterlee
Very beautiful. I never thought of the Greeks as having windmills.
Crudelitas
Beautiful photo! But you'll come around, and you see much of the world ...
munich68
No discussion, the light at the Cyclades is incredible..... Well, as a half Greek one I only can say 10 thumbs up!!!!!
FredNunes
Nice one. Nice warm lighting. :-)
giulband
good landscape
sandra46
MARVELOUS PLACE
flavia49
splendid capture
auntietk
Wonderful scene! So evocative.
PREECHER
I love windmills...beautiful photography... chills and thrills
ronmolina
Wow!
photosynthesis
Great shot. Haven't seen windmills with this kind of blade structure before...
UVDan
Beautiful shot! The guy who sells white paint in Greece must be a billionaire. I am glad they have decided to preserve these last remaining windmills.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
whaleman
Interesting but I wonder what sort of blades were used. I am guessing they were like sails.
junge1
@whaleman. Cloth material was wrapped around the individual arms of the windmill when the mill was not in use. When they were using the mill, the cloth was unfurled, sort of like sails on a sailboat, and spread between the individual arms.
starship64
What a gorgeous rustic scene.
jayfar
Super shot Sig. I have seen some similar to this on one of the Greek islands.
blinkings
I wonder why they no longer have their blades.
Juliette.Gribnau
wow, beautiful
renecyberdoc
i thought of don quijote but crap that was in spain hehehehehehe.
illkirch
Interesting photo
dakotabluemoon
Nice capture of them.
prutzworks
nice shot and light
sharky_
Interesting shots and info. Aloha
farmerC
Exellente recording
MagikUnicorn
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