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Don Quixote de la Mancha

A village in La Mancha, Spaindonquixote.wroteabout.comWriting since 1614

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Knight errant, formerly Alonso Quijano, gentleman of La Mancha. Three sallies, one squire, many giants. A test profile based on Cervantes's novel (1605, 1615).

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  1. ESSpain·Aug 1614

    Penance in the Sierra Morena

    A ragged lover in the rocks, a penance in my shirt like Amadís, a letter to Dulcinea, and a princess come to beg my help.

    Nature7 min read
  2. ESSpain·Aug 1614

    The fulling mills, and Mambrino's helmet

    A night of terrible hammering, an enchanted horse, a story about goats, and at dawn the golden helmet of Mambrino.

    Nature7 min read
  3. ESSpain·Aug 1614

    The armies that were sheep

    Two vast armies met on a plain in La Mancha. I named every knight in them. Sancho named them sheep.

    Nature4 min read
  4. ESSpain·Aug 1614

    Marcela, and a funeral in the hills

    Acorns, a speech on the Golden Age, a funeral for a poet, and a shepherdess who answered every one of her accusers.

    Nature7 min read
  5. ESSpain·Aug 1614

    The giants of Criptana

    Thirty giants on a ridge, waving long arms. My squire saw windmills. The sage Frestón saw to it that he was proved right.

    Nature7 min read

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Trips

  • ESThe third sally, to BarcelonaMay 1615 · 13 stories · 49 days
  • ESThe second sally, with Sancho PanzaAug 1614 · 11 stories · 26 days
  • ESThe first sallyJul 1614 · 3 stories · 2 days
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  • Europe27
  • Not on a trip2