Windmills of Mykonos (498 Piece Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle)

In Mykonos, strong northern winds blow all year long, but the Meltnemi are particularly active in summer, bringing cool air to an otherwise dry and hot island.This is why bushes are more abundant than trees, gardens are surrounded by high walls, and windmills in Mykonos have become landmarks of the island.There is no more iconic postcard of Greece than the magnificent windmills from Mykonos. Visible from every part of the island, there are 16 of them, although only two are still functioning and available to tour.They are conspicuous by their snow-white color, circular structure made of stone, and pointy thatched roof.The turbines are traditionally made of twelve wooden fan blades, each with a triangular-shaped wing made from the same cotton canvas used for sails in boats.When the wind blows, the blades carry the movement to a central axis inside the building, forcing the grindstones below into a rotational motion.To take advantage of the force of that movement at its strongest, the gr