Calle de Cervantes 2

Madrid


Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), the author of Don Quijote, spent much of his adult life in Madrid and lived and died at Calle de Cervantes 2; a plaque (dating from 1834) sits above the door. Sadly, the original building was torn down in the early 19th century.

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