Tilting at windmills Don Quixote fights windmills that he imagines are giants. A relevant portion of the novel states: Cervantes wrote "Don Quixote" in two parts, published respectively in 1605 and 1615, during the latter part of a historical period known as the Spanish Golden Age. During this age, Spain pursued military conquests in parts of Europe and conquered large parts of the Americas, which brought great riches to the country and inspired a flowering of the arts. In La Mancha, Castilla, Cervantes' setting for the novel, there still exist some examples of the era's windmills that Don Quixote found in his adventures.
Windmills of Corvo 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