30.09.2014
Знаковые достопримечательности – ветряные мельницыcylindrical shapes that adorn the hills of the Greek Islands, can safely be called monuments of human labor and inventiveness. After all, it is with the help of mills man transformed wind energy and provided himself with a staple – bread.
In Greece, you can find different types of windmills. Especially a lot of them in the Greek Islands. At present time many mills restored, and some of them functions as museums.
But among all the islands it is necessary to note one – cosmopolitan mykonos. There are 20 mills in Mykonos, seven of which have become the hallmark of the island. On their background millions of tourists take pictures, and artists find there new themes for your paintings.
Here are some of the most beautiful mills in Greece:
Amorgos
Mykonos
Santorini
Chios
Crete
Lefkada
