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The Plaza de Cervantes in Alcalá de Henares dates from before the thirteenth century , and although at first it was a square outside the city walls , later was incorporated into the city , becoming the sixteenth century in the city center , social and economic character that continues today .
Market Square was named as the place where , from the Middle Ages , served to the weekly celebration of the market, bullfighting and all major parties , including the important annual fair, granted by the King of Castile in 1184 .
It also served as an ideal for all kinds of public festivals , including bullfights, until the nineteenth century . In the seventeenth century were only the two side soportalados on which the Council had jurisdiction . In the nineteenth century underwent various transformations that gave it its present appearance . It was then when he changed his name to the current squareCervantes .
It highlights the bronze monument to Miguel de Cervantes , Italian sculptor Peter Nicoli , which dominates the square , which dates from 1879 , and the bandstand , designed by architect Martin Pastells , which was conducted by the Lebrero casting Madrid in 1898.
Surrounding the square are several important buildings , which are : the Theatre- Playground Corral of Comedies , the council , the Circle of Contributors and the Municipal Tourism Office .
The parish of Santa Maria Maggiore was demolished in 1936 , and is now only the tower, now Oidor Chapel and the Tower.
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The Plaza de Cervantes in Alcalá de Henares dates from before the thirteenth century , and although at first it was a square outside the city walls , later was incorporated into the city , becoming the sixteenth century in the city center , social and economic character that continues today .
Market Square was named as the place where , from the Middle Ages , served to the weekly celebration of the market, bullfighting and all major parties , including the important annual fair, granted by the King of Castile in 1184 .
It also served as an ideal for all kinds of public festivals , including bullfights, until the nineteenth century . In the seventeenth century were only the two side soportalados on which the Council had jurisdiction . In the nineteenth century underwent various transformations that gave it its present appearance . It was then when he changed his name to the current squareCervantes .
It highlights the bronze monument to Miguel de Cervantes , Italian sculptor Peter Nicoli , which dominates the square , which dates from 1879 , and the bandstand , designed by architect Martin Pastells , which was conducted by the Lebrero casting Madrid in 1898.
Surrounding the square are several important buildings , which are : the Theatre- Playground Corral of Comedies , the council , the Circle of Contributors and the Municipal Tourism Office .
The parish of Santa Maria Maggiore was demolished in 1936 , and is now only the tower, now Oidor Chapel and the Tower.
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