page_title: Windmills of Corvo
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Windmills of Corvo / History
caption_attribution_description: Português: Corvo, início do Séc, XX, paisagem, Arquivo de Villa Maria, Angra do Heroísmo, ilha Terceira, Açores
context_page_description: The Windmills of Corvo is a group of windmills located in the municipality of Vila do Corvo, island of Corvo, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
context_section_description: The group of windmills were constructed during the late 19th or early 20th century.
  Local memory of other windmills on the island is limited; of the seven that existed, three remained by the late 20th century, conserved in a good state, and adopting the characteristics of those typical in southern Portugal or from island of Porto Santo in the archipelago of Madeira.
  With an investment of 100,000 Euros, the town council recuperated the three windmills in order to make the site more attractive to tourists. "They are in a location of great honour to Corvo.They are near the airport, with view of the lighthouse, view of the sand of the new port. It is an location of excellence in Corvo", confirmed alderman Manuel Rita.  In 2012, the council invested 38,000 Euros in the recuperation of the first of the three windmills, by a tradesman from the island of São Miguel through the ProRural  financing program within the European Union.
  The recuperation of the windmills was only possible after the original property-owners had ceded the structures to the municipality for five years.
caption: A view from Ponta Negra towards the old Vila do Corvo, before the airfield, with windmill
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