Ta’ Kola Windmill

Imagine… A bright new morning with a favourable wind for a mill to be operated; the miller letting the locals know by blowing through a triton-shell; the villagers bringing their cereals to be ground into flour. Ta’ Kola Windmill is a unique relic of breadmaking in Gozo, transporting you right back to such a morning. This is one of the few surviving windmills on the Maltese Islands dating from the Knights’ Period. The first windmill in Xagħra was built in 1725, funded by the Foundation of Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena. However, due to poor construction, it had to be dismantled and, a new windmill, today known as Ta’ Kola Windmill, was built on an alternative site in 1787. The 300-year-old building is a living testimony to our forefathers’ way of life, marked with hardships and daily struggles. The windmill, much like the local parish church, was one of the main focal points of village life, providing the villagers with flour for the production of bread, the most stable and indispensabl