Miguel de Cervantes; engraving by Mackenzie, c. 1600.
Posted on 07/28/2011 7:05:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
...Prado's team have won the support of local authorities and Madrid's archbishopric to hunt for the remains of the creator of the would-be knight-errant Don Quixote, who famously tilted at windmills, and of his sidekick, Sancho Panza.
Experts said his bones should be easy to identify as they would bear the marks of wounds suffered during the naval battle of Lepanto in 1571.
Cervantes received wounds to his chest and arms during a battle which saw a Spanish-led fleet defeat their Ottoman enemies in the Gulf of Patras off western Greece...
Cervantes' bones went missing in 1673 when building work was done at the convent. They are known to have been taken to a different convent and were returned later. What nobody knows, however, is exactly where within the convent complex they are to be found.
(Excerpt) Read more at pasthorizonspr.com ...
Miguel de Cervantes; engraving by Mackenzie, c. 1600.
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When we were studying Spanish Lit in College we watched The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (Paul Newman)
The character was a Don Quixote and we had to find all the symbolism
The movie is chockful
I had seen the movie before but watching it with Don Quixote in mind made it even funnier...
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Spaniards with government grants, and too much time on their hands.
They’re gonna search all over for his bones ? Talk about tilting at windmills.
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