Once widespread across Europe and many other lands, they used to grind all the grain into flour, provide power to sawmills, make paper and more.
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Paintings of windmills from Hieronymus Bosch, Rembrandt, Jacob van Ruisdael, Thomas Girtin, and others.
The hill that rises from the densely-packed streets of Paris, painted by Jongkind, Alfred Sisley, Ilya Repin, Renoir, and others.
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