Museo Casa Natal de Cervantes - Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

[ES] Panel informativo bilingüe, castellano e inglés, con un escueto resumen de la historia de este edificio.

En la versión en castellano podemos leer:

”MUSEO CASA NATAL
DE CERVANTES

Esta casa situada en la calle Mayor (antigua Mayor de la Judería), con entrada principal por la calle de la Imagen, perteneció a la familia de Cervantes en el siglo XVI. En ella nació, en 1547, Miguel de Cervantes. El museo, creado en honor del autor de El Quijote, recrea una casa de la época de su nacimiento y atesora una magnífica colección bibliográfica cervantina.”

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[EN] Bilingual sign, Spanish and English, with a synopsis of the history of this building.

In the English version we can read:

”CERVANTES’
BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM

This house, whose former main entrance stood on Imagen Street, is located on the Calle Mayor or Main Street of Alcala, previously known as the Main Street of the Jewish Quarter. The house belonged to the Cervantes family during the sixteenth century, and it was the place where Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1547, The museum, founded to honour the author of Don Quixote, recreates a house of that time, and is home to a splendid collection of Cervantine Bibliography.”

Group that erected the marker: Ayuntamiento de Alcalá de Henares URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Calle Mayor, 48 Alcalá de Henares, España

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