Made from clay, straw, and wood, the windmills stand up to 65 feet in height with grinding stones in a room below for pressing grain into flour. And while there are about thirty similar mills around the area, in 2002 the windmills of Nashtifan were registered as a national heritage site by Iran’s Cultural Heritage Department, unique in that they are one of the few still operational.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
See the 1,000-Year-Old Windmills Still in Use Today
3:03 PM
By: Amazing Earth On: 3:03 PM In: the windmills