Spanish Windmill In The Lake Of Orbetello, Italy Stock Image

The Molino Spagnolo or Spanish mill is the only wind mill which remained from a series of nine built by the Sienesi and subsequently restored by the Spaniards, when the Italian lagoon city became the capital of the small State of the Presìdi - State of Royal Spanish Garrisons (1557). The mill, on a circular basis, was used, together with the others, for grinding the wheat for the city inhabitants. The wheat was transported on typical boats used in the lagoon of Orbetello.