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:
-
Aerial view of Venice, Italy
-
Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
-
Busy building wetlands
-
International Polar Bear Day
-
Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
-
Happy Boxing Day!
-
Desert rose of Qatar
-
Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in
-
A most sincere pumpkin patch
-
A Christmas market with a long history
-
Keep your hands inside the ride at all times…
-
Last stop before leaving the solar system
-
A cliff-hanging complex of temples
-
Lick Observatory
-
Northern coast of Colombia
-
Earthrise on Moon Day
-
National Pumpkin Day
-
Mooncake time
-
Sedona, Arizona
-
Edinburgh Art Festival
-
Where can you find a red fox?
-
San Francisco Bay salt flats
-
An uncommonly cool critter
-
Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
-
Islands of the Salish Sea
-
Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
-
Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
-
Sitka shines on Alaska Day
-
Bridge of Hillsborough County
-
Loud waters
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

