Modern Statue of Don Quixote in the street in Nerja in southern Spain. Don Quixote became so entranced by reading chivalric romances he becomes insane

Modern Statue of Don Quixote in the street in Nerja in southern Spain. Don Quixote became so entranced by reading chivalric romances he becomes insane Stock Photo
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Brenda Kean / Alamy Stock Photo

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2HM152R

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4592 x 3448 px | 38.9 x 29.2 cm | 15.3 x 11.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

29 December 2021

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Nerja, Spain

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Don Quixote" is the best-selling single-volume book of all time. The story follows the adventures of a noble man named Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant reviving chivalry and serving his country, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha.At the top of Calle Málaga, Nerja, is this statue, one of several in town by the renowned Córdoban sculptor Aurelio Teno.Aurelio Teno Teno was born on September 7th 1927 in Mina de Soldado, Córdoba. Between 1936 and 1943 he lived in Cordoba, training as an artist in several disciplines