POPRADO
PEATONAL, TURÍSTICO Y CULTURAL
PI.ORIENTE

[Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes]

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
(Alcalá de Henares 1547-Madrid, 1616)

Novelista, poeta y dramaturgotel Principe de los Ingenios también conocido como elmanco de Lepanto se formó en las aulas de latiudad de los jesuitas de Sevilla, y asistió a las clases de gramática de los licenciados Francisco del Bayo y Juan Lopez de Hoyos. Enitalia ingreso enia milicia y lucho en la batalla de Lepanto, siendo berido en su mano izquierda. Tras Varios años de guarnición en Italia, de regreso a España lanave en la que viajaba fue apresada por piratas turcos y estuvo cautivo en Argel cinco años. El Cujote pudo ser bosquejado en aquellos días de soledad y reflexión. Una vez pagado el rescate, y ya en España, aceptó en 1587, un puesto de comisario real de abastos que le llevó a recorrer Andalucia y la Mancha y le permitió conocer los pueblos y gentes de Castilla que quedan indeleblemente reproducidos en El Cujote. Vivió en Sevilla Toledo y Valladolid. En Madrid habito en la plaza de Matute en las calles del Leon Huertas, Principe y enla del Leon esquina a Francos, donde murio. Sus restos reposan en la iglesia del Convento de las Monjas Trinitarias.

Son obras maestras de las letras Suniversales don Quijote La Galatea Elingenioso hidalgo don dela Mancha Jas Novelas Ejemplares entre ellas, Rinconete y Cortadillo, Laïlustre fregona y Ellicenciade Vidriera - El viaje al Parmaso y Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda.

[Signature of Miguel de Cervantes]

MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO
Comunidad de Madrid

One of the signs placed in Madrid as part of the "Prado Museum-Palacio de Oriente Tourist and Cultural Pedestrian Axis", a collaboration between the City of Madrid and the Ministry of Public Works. The project won the 2003 Europa Nostra Prize for Urban Planning for Heritage Conservation.

The sign located near the house where the author of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, lived, features the story of his life.

The place was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
PEDESTRIAN, TOURIST, AND CULTURAL STREET
PI.ORIENTE

[Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes]

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
(Alcalá de Henares 1547-Madrid, 1616)

Novelist, poet, and playwright, the Prince of Wits, also known as the One-Armed Man of Lepanto, was educated in the Jesuit schools of Seville and attended grammar classes with licentiates Francisco del Bayo and Juan Lopez de Hoyos. In Italy, he joined the military and fought in the Battle of Lepanto, where he was wounded in his left hand. After several years as a garrison in Italy, upon his return to Spain, the ship he was traveling on was captured by Turkish pirates, and he was held captive in Algiers for five years. El Cujote could be sketched during those days of solitude and reflection. Once the ransom was paid, and he was back in Spain, in 1587 he accepted a position as royal commissary of supplies. This took him to Andalusia and La Mancha and allowed him to get to know the towns and people of Castile, which are indelibly captured in El Cujote. He lived in Seville, Toledo, and Valladolid. In Madrid, he lived in the Plaza de Matute, on the corner of León, Huertas, Príncipe, and León streets, where he died. His remains rest in the church of the Convent of the Trinitarian Nuns.

Masterpieces of literature include Don Quixote, La Galatea, The Ingenious Gentleman Don de la Mancha, and Exemplary Novels, among them Rinconete and Cortadillo, The Illustrious Scullery Maid, and The License of Vidriera, The Journey to Parmasus, and The Labors of Persiles and Sigismunda.

[Signature of Miguel de Cervantes]

MINISTRY OF PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
Community of Madrid