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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Where to See Statues of Cervantes, who wrote Don Quixote

Faint heart never won a fair lady. So he said.

As you might expect, statues of Cervantes are most abundant in the land where he was born, Sapain, and because he wrote in Spanish.

Spain

Bust of bearded Miguel  Cervantes with a fine ruff collar, erected in 1905 in Burgos. Spain
Photo by HCPUNXKID in Wikipedia.

Statue of Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) at the entrance of the National Library of Spain, Madrid. White marble statue sculpted in 1892.

Statue on pedestal at the harbour of Naupactus, Lepanto. Photo by Viahos Vaggelis.
 to be continued

He was buried at the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in Madrid, Spain.
Photo by Bocachete.

(I tried to load up the photos but Blogger seemed to be having a problem. Go to the article in Wikipedia.)

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