DOSBARRIOS, ARGAMASILLA DE ALBA, Spain
The Wider Image: In search of Don Quixote
A combination photo shows a sign for a hotel in the outskirts of Dosbarrios, along the A4 highway that links Madrid with Andalusia in Spain, April 4, 2016 (L) and Angel Gutierrez Carrasco, 55, caressing his dog Paco as he tends to his flock of sheep by the dam of Penarroya, near Argamasilla de Alba, Spain, April 7, 2016. The arid central Spanish region of La Mancha is the setting for "Don Quixote", the seventeenth-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Four hundred years after his death, references to the characters of Don Quixote, his loyal squire Sancho Panza and his beautiful lady Dulcinea abound in the surrounding villages. Cervantes did not give away the name of the birthplace of Don Quixote. But many identify the village of Argamasilla de Alba as his hometown. REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "QUIXOTE VERA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES