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The 1558 baptismal record

Alcázar de San Juan, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

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The 1558 baptismal record

Curiosity · Alcázar de San Juan, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

Image of Alcázar de San Juan, not of the place itself.

A baptismal entry of 1558 preserved in Alcázar de San Juan records a son of Blas Cervantes Saavedra, a document that has fuelled the dispute over Miguel de Cervantes's birthplace for centuries.

Photo: Antonio García (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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