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JavierCR 🇪🇸
November 13, 2025
Cycling
Alcázar de San Juan is one of the most interesting destinations in the heart of La Mancha, with a blend of history, heritage, nature, and Cervantine traditions.
Its name comes from the Military Order of Saint John, which dominated the area after the Reconquista.
It claims to be the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, as the baptismal font where, according to some studies, the writer was baptized is preserved in the Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor.
It was an important railway junction and economic center in the 19th and 20th centuries, which shaped its urban development.
Its name comes from the Military Order of Saint John, which dominated the area after the Reconquista.
It claims to be the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, as the baptismal font where, according to some studies, the writer was baptized is preserved in the Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor.
It was an important railway junction and economic center in the 19th and 20th centuries, which shaped its urban development.
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Sylwia
March 24, 2023
Cycling
Supposed birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the author of Don Quixote. Although there is evidence that he was actually born in Alcalá de Henares, the Cervantine tradition is still alive in Alcázar. The most important points of interest are: the Church of Santa María, the Torreón del Gran Prior or the Church of San Francisco, the rest of the disappeared convent of San Francisco.
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