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[{"Comment":{"id":"1985428","total_score":"34","content":"Undoubtedly, Alcal\u00e1 de Henares is a city that is bound to the hand of Quixote and there are many places in this district where you can find references to the masterpiece of Spanish literature. While walking through it a couple of weeks ago, I found this sculpture where you can watch Cervantes with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on a pedestal that is a bit high, so you can easily admire the details.. The statue is found in a park where you can admire it from a bench.","title":"Statue of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza","hidden":"0","post_time":"2011-03-31 10:30:04","lang_flag":"en","original_content":null,"original_title":null},"User":{"id":"105801","name":"WillyFog","username":"willyfog","has_avatar":"3","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/105801_80x80_3.jpg"},"Pictures":[{"id":"2722071","hashcode":"76f4dd116973346a63bf4bf853ca3139","post_time":"2011-03-31 10:30:04","o_width":"1200","o_height":"1600","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"2722081","hashcode":"c0f3ab65f64b0cbe0ba08c2e8a8d4ceb","post_time":"2011-03-31 10:30:04","o_width":"1600","o_height":"1200","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"2722051","hashcode":"ea139940b9c09c63b842faf170f4cc20","post_time":"2011-03-31 10:30:04","o_width":"1200","o_height":"1600","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"2722041","hashcode":"3c515adce81444539f1da77aedd7486a","post_time":"2011-03-31 10:30:04","o_width":"1600","o_height":"1200","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"2722091","hashcode":"9f4b7f357ad6fd1d4a9047c8900d0a10","post_time":"2011-03-31 10:30:04","o_width":"1600","o_height":"1200","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"2722061","hashcode":"f45aa2e6ddc93829c37711506cd9cb0e","post_time":"2011-03-31 10:30:04","o_width":"1600","o_height":"1200","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"2722101","hashcode":"6dd9212ccb3ee6e99e81170d9070820a","post_time":"2011-03-31 10:30:04","o_width":"1200","o_height":"1600","base_color":"65737F"}],"Rating":null},{"Comment":{"id":"183731","total_score":"52","content":"Just before entering the House of Cervantes in Alcal\u00e1 de Henares (only 23 km. De Madrid city), in the middle of Main Street, you'll find this super nice statue of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza welcome you and invite you you to sit with them and give you a picture. Warning!: Staff Photo must for visitors to Alcala, no doubt. It will be for that arm raised Don Quixote, which seems to say: \"Come here, stranger, and sit beside me\" attitude of give yourself a pat on the shoulder. Now that I've convinced you, I hope to visit Alcal\u00e1 de Henares to present you the photo with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza I tell a little more of it: It is the work of Pedro Requejo Novoa and was inaugurated on April 24, 2005, in of the commemoration of the fourth centenary of the publication of Don Quixote. They are cast in bronze and are life size. Requejo has several works throughout Madrid and other provinces of Spain, including: A bust of Jos\u00e9 Hierro at the Cultural Center of San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid), a monumental sculpture (\"Knight\") to 4 meters high, in Renfe station Slamanca, another monumental (\"hand\"), 3.6 meters high, in Aldaia (Valencia), but certainly, this is the most sympathetic of all. In Alcala also recommend that you visit the Comedy Corral and Tapas Trail","title":"Just before entering the House of...","hidden":0,"post_time":"2010-05-28 23:12:33","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"Justo antes de entrar en la Casa de Cervantes de Alcal\u00e1 de Henar\u00e9s (a tan solo 23 km. De Madrid capital), en plena [poi=182091]Calle Mayor[\/poi], te encontrar\u00e1s con esta simpatiqu\u00edsima estatua de Don Quijote y Sancho Panza que te dan la bienvenida y te invitan a que te sientes con ellos y te hagas una foto. \u00a1Aviso!: Es foto obligada para visitantes a Alcal\u00e1, sin duda. Ser\u00e1 por ese brazo alzado de Don Quijote, que parece decirte: \"Vente aqu\u00ed, forastero, y si\u00e9ntate a mi lado\" en actitud de darte una palmadita en el hombro. \r\n\r\nAhora que ya os he convencido, espero, a visitar Alcal\u00e1 de Henares para haceros la foto con Don Quijote y Sancho Panza os cuento un poquito m\u00e1s de ella: Es obra de Pedro Requejo Novoa y fue inaugurada el d\u00eda 24 de abril de 2005, dentro de los actos conmemorativos del cuarto centenario de la edici\u00f3n del Quijote. Est\u00e1n fundidas en bronce y son de tama\u00f1o natural. \r\n\r\nRequejo tiene varias obras por todo Madrid y otras provincias de Espa\u00f1a, entre ellas: Un busto de Jos\u00e9 Hierro en el Centro Cultural de San Sebasti\u00e1n de los Reyes (Madrid), una escultura monumental (\"Caballero\") de 4 metros de altura, en la estaci\u00f3n de Renfe de Slamanca, otra monumental (\"Mano\"), de 3,6 metros de altura, en Aldaia (Valencia), pero sin duda, esta es la m\u00e1s simp\u00e1tica de todas. \r\n\r\nEn Alcal\u00e1 te recomiendo tambi\u00e9n que visites el [poi=182061]Corral de Comedias[\/poi] y la [poi=182071]Ruta de las Tapas[\/poi]","original_title":"Justo antes de entrar en la Casa de..."},"User":{"id":"84044","name":"BeaBurgos","username":"beatrizcalvo","has_avatar":"3","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/84044_80x80_3.jpg"},"Pictures":[{"id":"922251","hashcode":"90840f71b815256e5122bf87b8da2cb4","post_time":"2010-05-28 23:12:33","o_width":"2048","o_height":"1536","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"922261","hashcode":"16c7d0b0c0ccf949ca94cc0a010b8ffe","post_time":"2010-05-28 23:12:33","o_width":"2048","o_height":"1536","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"922311","hashcode":"e30eb8ebf31191d47ebae20970292140","post_time":"2010-05-28 23:12:33","o_width":"2048","o_height":"1536","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"922301","hashcode":"4acdc8f5384ef718baa8afee105dce9d","post_time":"2010-05-28 23:12:33","o_width":"1536","o_height":"2048","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"922291","hashcode":"5cd2d8bfcd02cde80a5e6d687d8ccb26","post_time":"2010-05-28 23:12:33","o_width":"1536","o_height":"2048","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"922281","hashcode":"14dc65426c9d64e050617b96da82f723","post_time":"2010-05-28 23:12:33","o_width":"1536","o_height":"2048","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"922271","hashcode":"447f4b68fd74093a560c6eafcd4fdfc9","post_time":"2010-05-28 23:12:33","o_width":"1536","o_height":"2048","base_color":"65737F"}],"Rating":null},{"Comment":{"id":"564211","total_score":"40","content":"The birthplace of Cervantes, located on Main Street, you can not miss, as compared to its main facade is a sculpture representing Don Quixote and Sancho seated on a bench. After passing through a small courtyard, the house is accessed (admission is free). Once inside, you can only take pictures in the courtyard or from the outer to the patio on the top floor because the house has two floors. That is, in the rooms can not take pictures. The house is decorated in life as Miguel de Cervantes (in the fifteenth century) and among units that can be seen there is a kitchen, a children's room, the master suite, a room in which outlined multiple editions of Don Quixote, old, new and in several languages, a pharmacy, a wine cellar and dining room.","title":"The birthplace of Cervantes","hidden":0,"post_time":"2011-06-08 12:35:33","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"La Casa natal de Cervantes, situada en la Calle Mayor, no tiene p\u00e9rdida, pues frente a su fachada principal hay una esculturas que representan a Don Quijote y Sancho sentados en un banco.\r\n\r\nTras pasar por un peque\u00f1o patio, se accede a la casa (la entrada es gratuita). Una vez dentro, solo es posible hacer fotograf\u00edas en el patio o desde la zona exterior que da al patio en la planta superior, pues la casa dispone de dos plantas. Es decir, en las habitaciones no se pueden hacer fotos. \r\n\r\nLa casa est\u00e1 decorada como en vida de Miguel de Cervantes (en pleno siglo XV) y entre las dependencias que se pueden contemplar hay una cocina, una habitaci\u00f3n infantil, la habitaci\u00f3n del se\u00f1or, una sala en la que se expon\u00edan m\u00faltiples ediciones del Quijote, antiguas, nuevas y en varios idiomas, una botica, una bodega y el comedor.","original_title":"La casa natal de Cervantes"},"User":{"id":"248861","name":"Chaimae","username":"chaimae","has_avatar":"4","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/248861_80x80_4.jpg"},"Pictures":[{"id":"3031051","hashcode":"c6ef48e145dec17e7bf87e0c0b13e2ed","post_time":"2011-06-08 12:35:33","o_width":"480","o_height":"360","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"3031041","hashcode":"4c1d77bfef34cab1d860d89a7a011bef","post_time":"2011-06-08 12:35:33","o_width":"480","o_height":"360","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"3031011","hashcode":"530eeb5c4be61975c116274012f37e19","post_time":"2011-06-08 12:35:33","o_width":"480","o_height":"360","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"3031031","hashcode":"976e91ea74c3b53f6b1936f70c7d7b62","post_time":"2011-06-08 12:35:33","o_width":"480","o_height":"360","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"3031061","hashcode":"31b090e7d7efa82d3fb1857473869e86","post_time":"2011-06-08 12:35:33","o_width":"480","o_height":"360","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"3031021","hashcode":"808097fc2248507d8493c45523e31b98","post_time":"2011-06-08 12:35:33","o_width":"480","o_height":"360","base_color":"65737F"}],"Rating":null},{"Comment":{"id":"1751420","total_score":"31","content":"In Alcal\u00e1 can check the strong linkage it has with the famous writer Miguel de Cervantes, where he was born in 1547. So, spend from the square that bears his name (Plaza de Cervantes) to his birthplace, on Main Street. In front of it you'll find this funny monument to Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. It sculptor Pedro Requejo. It is a sculptural set to \"actual size\" of these two characters sitting on a bench. The monument was inaugurated in 2005 and since then have become one of the photos that \"must do\" in Alcal\u00e1 de Henares.","title":"Urban Sculpture","hidden":0,"post_time":"2013-05-30 15:46:52","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"En Alcal\u00e1 podr\u00e1s comprobar la gran vinculaci\u00f3n que tiene con el ilustre escritor Miguel de Cervantes, donde naci\u00f3 en 1547. As\u00ed, pasar\u00e1s desde la misma plaza que lleva su nombre ([poi=1967]Plaza de Cervantes[\/poi]) a su casa natal, en la calle Mayor. Enfrente de \u00e9sta encontrar\u00e1s este divertido monumento a Don Quijote y Sancho Panza.\r\n\r\nEs obra del escultor Pedro Requejo. Se trata de un conjunto escult\u00f3rico a \"tama\u00f1o real\" de estos dos personajes sentados en un banco. El monumento se inaugur\u00f3 en 2005 y desde entonces se han convertido en una de las fotos que \"hay que hacer\" en Alcal\u00e1 de Henares.\r\n","original_title":"Escultura urbana"},"User":{"id":"4924350","name":"Cristina Serrano","username":"cristinaserrano840","has_avatar":"3","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/4924350_80x80_3.jpg"},"Pictures":[{"id":"7261950","hashcode":"e62c7dcd4d4be5c1a80a203048b5b23f","post_time":"2013-05-30 15:47:51","o_width":"2560","o_height":"1920","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"7261949","hashcode":"83db2eafa109561aeb50112a21c3f5ce","post_time":"2013-05-30 15:47:24","o_width":"2560","o_height":"1920","base_color":"65737F"},{"id":"7261948","hashcode":"e16dc60acc70ecfa6cca9c7e163e2cfe","post_time":"2013-05-30 15:46:52","o_width":"2560","o_height":"1920","base_color":"65737F"}],"Rating":null},{"Comment":{"id":"6720521","total_score":"5","content":"","title":"","hidden":0,"post_time":"2021-07-23 16:50:07","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"Bonita escultura, se encuentra a la entrada del Museo de la Casa Natal de Cervantes ","original_title":"Bonita escultura"},"User":{"id":"8291853","name":"Gregorio Castro Menendez","username":"gregoriocastromenendez","has_avatar":"1","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/8291853_80x80.jpg"},"Pictures":[{"id":"10827313","hashcode":"b3b332b5840adc8bc3e81e210560b023","post_time":"2021-07-23 16:50:09","o_width":"3456","o_height":"4608","base_color":"65737F"}],"Rating":"5"},{"Comment":{"id":"1693401","total_score":"4","content":"This curious statue you will find it to walk along the main street of Alcala, just before the house of Miguel de Cervantes, and is a typical stop to take some pictures so if you're going into the house, and if you continue with your walk or your rutita tapas.","title":"Just across from the Casa de Cervantes","hidden":0,"post_time":"2012-12-13 16:20:04","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"\u00c9sta curiosa estatua te la encontrar\u00e1s al pasear por la calle principal de Alcal\u00e1, justo delante de la Casa de Miguel de Cervantes, y es una parada t\u00edpica para hacerse unas fotos tanto si vas a entrar a la casa, como si vas a continuar con tu paseo o con tu rutita de tapas.","original_title":"Justo frente a la Casa de Cervantes"},"User":{"id":"72897","name":"Txema Le\u00f3n","username":"viajarsindestino","has_avatar":"9","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/72897_80x80_9.jpg"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":null},{"Comment":{"id":"6404448","total_score":"0","content":"The sculpture is one of the most famous in the world. All tourists who pass through Alcal have a picture with these characters and behind them the house of Cervantes is situated.","title":"Deserving definitely going to visit","hidden":0,"post_time":"2016-12-26 16:19:18","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"La escultura es una de las m\u00e1s famosas del mundo. Todos los turistas que pasan por Alcal\u00e1 tienen una foto con estos personajes y detr\u00e1s de ellos se sit\u00faa la casa de Cervantes. ","original_title":"Merecedores sin duda de ir a visitar "},"User":{"id":"7127856","name":"Cristina Perez Regis","username":"cristinaperezregis","has_avatar":"1","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/7127856_80x80.jpg"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":"5"},{"Comment":{"id":"6555792","total_score":"0","content":"Many people stop to take pictures of this statue, they are in a bank in front of the Cervantes House","title":"Many people stop to take photos in this statue","hidden":0,"post_time":"2017-12-07 10:20:03","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"Mucha gente se para a hacerse fotos en esta estatua, est\u00e1n en un banco en frente de la Casa Cervantes","original_title":"Mucha gente se para a hacerse fotos en..."},"User":{"id":"5523364","name":"Cristina ","username":"cristina351154","has_avatar":"0","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/noavt_7_80x80.png"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":"5"},{"Comment":{"id":"6595485","total_score":"0","content":"A must-have photo with two characters with whom you have surely lived his adventures by reading Don Quixote. You will have to wait because everyone wants to take a group photo or selfie with the most sobada statue of Alcal\u00e1 :-)","title":"Photo forced with two characters.","hidden":0,"post_time":"2018-02-27 15:40:44","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"Con los que seguro viviste sus aventuras leyendo el Quijote. Te tocar\u00e1 esperar porque todo el mundo se quiere hacer una foto grupal o selfie con la estatua m\u00e1s sobada de Alcal\u00e1.","original_title":"Foto obligada con dos personajes."},"User":{"id":"86191","name":"Felix Lopez Capel","username":"felixlopezcapel","has_avatar":"3","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/86191_80x80_3.jpg"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":"5"},{"Comment":{"id":"6620037","total_score":"0","content":"History and more history for me is fantastic is a place where you are transported to another time sincerely it is a pass that you can not stop seeing","title":"It transports you to another era","hidden":0,"post_time":"2018-05-13 04:19:41","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"Historia y m\u00e1s historia, para m\u00ed es fant\u00e1stico. Es un lugar donde sinceramente es una pasada que no puedes dejar de ver. ","original_title":"Te transporta a otra \u00e9poca"},"User":{"id":"7939226","name":"RAQUEL","username":"raquel%F0%9F%90%BA%F0%9F%8E%9A%E2%9A%96%EF%B8%8F","has_avatar":"1","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/7939226_80x80.jpg"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":"5"},{"Comment":{"id":"2324146","total_score":"-10","content":"A charming town apart from Cervantes's house, a very nice place to visit.","title":"Don Quixote and Sancho Panza","hidden":0,"post_time":"2015-12-11 23:08:29","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"Una ciudad encantadora aparte de la casa de Cervantes, un sitio muy bonito para visitar.","original_title":"Don Quijote y Sancho Panza"},"User":{"id":"6312140","name":"Soraya Granda Ortiz","username":"sorayagrandaortiz","has_avatar":"1","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/6312140_80x80.jpg"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":null},{"Comment":{"id":"6465643","total_score":"-10","content":null,"title":"One stop for mandatory photo","hidden":0,"post_time":"2017-07-06 13:25:05","lang_flag":"es","original_content":null,"original_title":"una parada para foto obligatoria."},"User":{"id":"7496301","name":"Viky Razola Gonzalez","username":"vikyrazolagonzalez","has_avatar":"0","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/noavt_2_80x80.png"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":"5"},{"Comment":{"id":"6547888","total_score":"-10","content":"Take a picture with these two characters of Don Quixote, is what you have to do on this site.","title":"Take a picture with these two characters from Don Quixote","hidden":0,"post_time":"2017-11-12 15:51:58","lang_flag":"es","original_content":"Es lo que hay que hacer en este sitio.","original_title":"Hacerte una foto con estos dos personajes de El Quijote."},"User":{"id":"6956718","name":"\u00c1ngel Serrano","username":"angelserrano172","has_avatar":"1","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/6956718_80x80.jpg"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":"5"},{"Comment":{"id":"6549772","total_score":"-10","content":null,"title":"Statue of obligatory photograph if you visit Alcal\u00e1 de Henares.","hidden":0,"post_time":"2017-11-18 10:01:23","lang_flag":"es","original_content":null,"original_title":"Estatua de obligada fotograf\u00eda si visitas Alcal\u00e1 de Henares. "},"User":{"id":"1502431","name":"Andr\u00e9s Robles Jim\u00e9nez","username":"andresroblesjimenez","has_avatar":"1","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/1502431_80x80.jpg"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":"5"},{"Comment":{"id":"6555190","total_score":"-10","content":null,"title":"Very beautiful","hidden":0,"post_time":"2017-12-05 21:36:53","lang_flag":"es","original_content":null,"original_title":"Superbonita."},"User":{"id":"5152948","name":"Sonia de la Rosa","username":"soniadelarosa","has_avatar":"0","suspicious_pois_level":"0","avatar":"https:\/\/avatars.mnstatic.com\/noavt_6_80x80.png"},"Pictures":[],"Rating":null}]