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Spain Finds Cervantes' Tomb in Madrid

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You would expect him to be buried together with Rocinante, but I don't see any bone of equine proportions in the photos. That could rather be the remains of Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote is based on fictional characters. This is the grave of Cervantes, the writer of the novel.

I thought it was a tongue-in-cheek joke.

You kid, but a Mexican diplomat in Spain once asked to be taken to Don Quixote's grave so he could lay some flowers on it.

Actually, I can't find this story online now, so it may be just one of those urban legends. I still find it quite believable, though.

It's near José Luis Borgues' tomb, isn't it?

Not 100% confirmed yet. Follow up here: http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/18/inenglish/1426667907_532...

En una cripta de Madrid, de cuya ubicación no se querían acordar...

acordarme?

Vamos, que lo han desahuciado también a él, con lo tranquilo que estaba ;-)

For whatever reason I cannot help but hear a strong spaniard accent when reading this. I could almost swear that you are from Spain. I'd say that the "vamos" at the start is what is tipping me off. Quite amusing how one can discern nationality by little things like that.

I can perceive a slight smell of xenophobe(I might be wrong, of course) that "strong spaniard accent", nothing new though.

I prefer to judge people by their own stupidity rather than by the nationality.

Nobody expected the spanish "En un lugar de la Mancha de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, viva Mejico, cabrones"... :-)

Well, is a post about spanish language after all, should be ok to have some fun about the topics... You can trust me, such thing like a "spaniard accent" does not exist at all. A common mistake for non native speakers that mix lots and lots of accents and clichés. Spanish dialects and local variations are a big minefield.

Is like saying that English accent (from England) doesn't exist. Of course it does. Every single region has its own accents. And yes, I guess within Spain accents vary, which I guess is the thing you are being pedantic about.

Well I would definitely not expect a mexican to write Mexico with a "j". So are you from Spain or not?

First idea that come in to the mind? Lets open its grave and mess around with bones... Was this really necessary?

It's a valid question, and there is some controversy, but the usual answer is "yes". Tombs are some of the best-preserved remains of historical times.

The counterpoint to that is if we don't "mess" with them (i.e. mark them for preservation) now they're much more likely get plundered / messed with by other, less well-intentioned persons at some point later on.

Lorca, however, remains undiscovered.

Everybody knows where Lorca is, and he'll continue buried in a hole until digging up the corpses of the ones executed after the Civil War stops being a matter of pride for certain people.

Looks like the third time is a charm for this story.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9217162

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9217229

It would be interesting if HN showed submission so people could do analysis on submission time, for example.

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