Argamasilla de Alba, Ciudad Real

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Argamasilla de Alba can be found in El Campo de San Juan (San Juan Field) in El Corazón de La Mancha (The Heart of La Mancha) in the province of Ciudad Real. It is known as the place in La Mancha whose name Cervantes did not care to recall. The author himself ends the first part of his book with the following words: "The academics of Argamasilla, a place in La Mancha, in the life and death of the valuable Don Quixote of La Mancha"

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Location

Argamasilla de Alba is 80km from the city of Ciudad Real and 200km from Madrid.

Tourist information: Argamasilla de Alba Tourism Office
Cervantes, 7
Phone: +34 926 523 234

Ciudad Real Tourism Office
Alarcos, 21
Phone: +34 926 200 037

How to get there: Road transport

In the cellars of Medrano's House in Medrano's Cave, Cervantes was imprisoned and spent his time thinking up and beginning his immortal literary work Don Quixote of La Mancha. Rubén Darío and Azorín visited this house in commemoration of the Tri-Centennial of Don Quixote. In the present day, Medrano's House is considered an Historical Artistic Monument.

Peñarroya Castle is one of the fortresses possessed by the Knights Hospitaller of La Mancha that have been preserved to the modern day. It is located on a cliff in El Parque Natural de las Lagunas de Ruidera (Ruidera's Lagoons Nature Preserve). This Nature Preserve is one of the most beautiful spots in the region, with a series of 15 lagoons across 25km, all interconnected via waterfalls, brooks and underground canals.

Special trips in Argamasilla de Alba: Medrano's Cave, San Juan Bautista's Church, The Ex-Voto Painting of Don Rodrigo de Pacheco, Peñarroya Castle and El Parque Natural de Las Lagunas de Ruidera (Ruidera's Lagoons Nature Reserve).

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