Rehavia Windmill

• The Greek Orthodox Church built the windmill on what is now Ramban (http://jerusalemblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/windmills_19.html) Street in the nineteenth century when the Patriarchate owned all the land where Rehavia was later built. They ran it as a charity. After World War I the Patriarchate was in such debt that they sold off large parts of their undeveloped real estate, and the windmill.
• By that time the windmill no longer ground grain. Sturdy and picturesque, it has so far survived being torn down to make room for apartments only foreigners can afford.

Copyright 2006 Jane S. Fox