AROUND THE WORLD: DUTCH WINDMILLS

By: A.T. YEAR 5A


NAME:
Dutch Windmill

CITY: Kinderdijk

COUNTRY: The Netherlands

CAPITAL CITY: Amsterdam

CONTINENT: Europe

LANGUAGE SPOKEN: English

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONUMENT: 

  • Dutch started building windmills as early as 1200 AD to cuse them to grind grains.
  • In The 19 The century, there were more than 9000 windmills in The Netherlands.
  • However ,only around 1200 still existe nowadays since fewer and fewer windmills are being used and maintained.