The Selling of Santiago

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This is a bust of the writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra sitting atop a column in the Plaza de Cervantes in Santiago de Compostela.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes
http://www.santiagoturismo.com/rutas/a-praza-de-cervantes

Rick, I should have known you'd have it .... Thanks !

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We just lucked out here. First your picture was one the first things I saw on the forum after being away for a few weeks and, second, the Plaza de Cervantes was halfway between the cathedral and where I stayed when in Santiago. I passed the statue a few times a day for four days and thus recognized it.