On Monday, a team of scientists will begin the search for the exact location where the grave of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, who lived 400 years ago, could be, the Madrid city authorities announced last night.
The city authorities allocated around 14.000 euros for the first phase of the historical analysis, which involves scientists using modern technology to investigate the location in order to determine whether there are human remains under the ground.
Archaeologists will then come if scientists discover the exact location of the grave. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) was born in 1547 in Alcala de Enares near Madrid, but he spent the last years of his life in Madrid's literary district (Barrio de las Letras).
Cervantes was buried in that part of the city in April 1616 in the Church of the Holy Trinity, but it is not known exactly where his grave is, because the church was expanded and a monastery was built next to it.
Anthropologists say that it will be easy to identify the remains found. They stated that Cervantes had a chest injury and was unable to use his right arm.
Cervantes was a poet, playwright and prose writer. He is considered one of the greatest figures of Spanish literature. His works belong to the Renaissance, Baroque and Golden Age of Spanish literature.
He is known in the world as the author of the first modern novel "Don Quixote", which in our country is translated as "The noble nobleman Don Quixote of Mancha." Miguel de Cervantes died on April 23, 1616, the same day William Shakespeare (1564-1616) died in England. That day was declared by UNESCO as the International Book Day.
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