[3] With an investment of 100,000 Euros, the town council recuperated the three windmills in order to make the site more attractive to tourists.
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 group consists of three, conical windmills, built from masonry stone: two plastered and painted white, while the other remains in a natural state.
[1][6] It is covered in conical rooftop that rotates, made of wood, from which springs the main shaft and sail axis.
[1][6] The base of the windmills consists of circular basalt stone, broken by small symmetrical staircase.