Traditional wind pumps or windmills on the Lasithi Plain in Crete, Greece.

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The Lasithi Plateau or Plain is an alluvial plain in eastern Crete famous for its white-sailed windmills or wind-pumps. Crete was once the center of the Minoan civilization (c. 2700–1420 BC), which is currently regarded as the earliest recorded civilization in Europe

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Location: Lasithi, Crete, Greece
Photo credit: © John Heseltine / Alamy / Afripics
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