Cervantes
Lugo · Galicia
Cervantes is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Os Ancares. It had a population of 1,209 in 2023, and has an area of 277.63 square kilometres. Its highest point is Mustellar (1924 m), in the Ancares mountains. Until the second half of the 20th century, this part of Spain was isolated. Many settlements had no road access or electricity and were cut off by snow in winter. Communities were small and self-sufficient. This way of life is shown in the small museum at Piornedo which is located in a preserved palloza. The main economic activities in 2006 were agriculture, forestry and tourism.
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Origins
Según lo afirma el mismo Ayuntamiento de Cervantes, y tal como se refleja en su escudo, el topónimo haría referencia a que la zona es tierra de ciervos. El nombre provendría entonces del latín cervus, un origen que rechaza el lingüista Moralejo Laso que sugiere un origen prelatino. Por su parte, Nicandro Ares lo relaciona con los antropónimos latinos Servandus o Servantius, que tienen la misma raíz que servus y siervo, esclavo de un señor.
History
Cervantes scholars consider the theory of Miguel de Cervantes's originating from here as hare-brained; Cervantes did not even use the 2nd surname Saavedra (not his birth name) until he was in his 20s.
At the beginning of Chapter XXXIX of the Part 1 of Don Quixote, a secondary character, the captive companion of Zoraida, says she is from "Somewhere in the mountains of León". "[That] was my first lineage, with whom the nature of fortune was most grateful and liberal: though, amidst the penury of those parts, my father passed for a rich man..."
Monuments
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Festivals
September 2026
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Famous people
•Eduardo Rosón López, político español
•Eulogio Rosón, farmacéutico y político español
•Teresa Díaz, fotógrafa española
•Jovino Gutiérrez Alba
•Jesús Quindós Pardo
Town hall
Alcaldía: Benigno Gómez Tadín
Web oficial: http://www.concellocervantes.es/
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Alcaldía: Benigno Gómez Tadín Web oficial: http://www.concellocervantes.es/
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How to get there
- 🚗 53 km from Lugo (about 37 min by car)
- 🚗 142 km from Oviedo (about 100 min by car)
- 🚗 152 km from Coruña, A (about 107 min by car)
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- ✈️ 137 km from Santiago de Compostela airport (about 97 min by car)
- ✈️ 143 km from Asturias airport (about 101 min by car)
Practical info
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Caixa Rural Galega · 1 km away
- Nearest cash machine · 7.1 km away
- Abanca · 7.4 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Estación de Servicio Rutancares · 6.8 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- Tourist office · 0.9 km away
- Tourist office · 0.9 km away
- Tourist office · 1 km away
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