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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Alcalá de Henares 1547 - Madrid 1616
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus is Don Quixote
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
1982

Description

Bronze bust.

Information Sign

À MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
auteur de Don Quichotte
1547-1616

La Ville de Madrid

à la Ville de Genève

5 mai 1982

Annotation

The town of Genève had a year earlier donated bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau to the town of Madrid.

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Journal de Genève, 6 May 1982 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°13'14" - E 6°9'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge048; Photograph: 5 June 2013
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