Moinhos de Vento da Ilha de Sao Jorge

Azores · Portugal

Moinhos de Vento da Ilha de Sao Jorge, Portugal
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Squat stone windmills with rotating roofs on a volcanic Azorean island, built to grind maize in the windy Atlantic climate. A few survive above the terraced fields near the coast.

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