Discover the places the author depicted in Don Quixote
Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world’s most renowned novelists. His most famous work is The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha, more commonly shortened to Don Quixote. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, the story follows the adventures of a nobleman called Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances he loses his mind and sets out to revive chivalry, undo wrongs and bring justice to the world under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. The two parted-novel has been translated into more languages than any other book except the Bible.
Many places depicted in the novel are based on real locations and either presented as they are or stretched by the imagination of Don Quixote. In the first part of the book, he ignores reality and prefers to live out his own knightly story. With the help of Street View, we take a tour of the Spain Cervantes wrote about in his novel, as well as some of the places that inspired the author along the way.
1. Alcalá de Henares
2. Cerro Calderico Windmills
3. Casa-Cueva de Medrano
4. El Toboso
5. Cave of Montesinos
6. Villanueva de los Infantes
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