In the Spanish town of Consuegra, echoes linger of the adventures of Don Quixote, the hero of Miguel de Cervantes" epic novel. This tourist destination in Castilla-La Mancha is famous for its rocky ridge, known as Cerro Calderico, crowned with 12 white windmills. The windmills are thought to have inspired Cervantes to write the famous scene in which Don Quixote mistakes them for an army of giants. With their stone walls and wooden blades, some date back to the 16th century, when they were built to grind grain.
Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
-
Astronomy Day
-
Presidents Day
-
Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
-
Happy Birthday, Eiffel Tower
-
Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
-
International Day of Human Space Flight
-
National Bird Day
-
Falling for Tennessee
-
Antarctica Day
-
Mont-Saint-Michel
-
Thomas Edison s bright idea
-
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
-
Methow Valley, North Cascades, Washington
-
Polar Bear Week
-
Is this Minecraft headquarters?
-
Daylight Saving Time
-
Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
-
A storied trail marks a century
-
The Canary Islands, Spain
-
Great horned owl near Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
-
National Mushroom Month
-
Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
-
Batten down the hatches
-
Jane’s Carousel delights
-
Porto, Portugal
-
It’s Napping Day
-
Shark Fin Cove, California
-
Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
-
A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

