A Manchego mill in Andalusia · Baños de la Encina

The only windmill of Manchegan typology in Andalusia is located in Llano del Santo Cristo, in Baños de la Encina, and its existence is documented at least since the 18th century, according to the land registry of the Marqués de la Ensenada. Built in local sandstone ashlars, the mill reaches a height of 12 meters, distributed in three levels, with a diameter of 4.5 meters. Inside it houses a permanent exhibition entitled "Historias al viento" (Stories in the Wind), created by José María Cantarero. The exhibition covers, through the different levels of the mill, the typologies, history and evolution of these ingenious constructions since their appearance in the 12th century. It also highlights the relationship between Baños de la Encina and the mills, the agricultural work linked to cereal and the surrounding routes, such as threshing floors, huts of settlers dedicated to agriculture, hydraulic mills, cultivation terraces and settlements of the Bronze Age, where manual mills are still preserved.