Hereje
The inhabitants of the town of Valladolid could
never have imagined that a character resulting from the imagination
of the great novelist, Miguel Delibes, would be the reason for
so many tourists to visit. Today, hundreds of visitors follow
the trail of Cipriano Salcedo in the dazzling setting offered
by the Valladolid capital.
Cipriano Salcedo, the main character of the novel "El Hereje",
is the central theme recreated by the writer Miguel Delibes in
the setting of Vallodolid in the 16th century. Once the book,
considered the best of the second half of the 20th century Spanish
literature, had been published, it had such an impact on readers
and intellectuals that the city's local council was forced to
design a tourist route.
Nowadays, this route covers the main places described by Delibes in the book, under the watchful eye of Cipriano, who thereby not only becomes the book's protagonist and imaginative core, but he also becomes a myth and a real tourist reference. With him the traveller will discover every street, square and palace of the old and present Valladolid where neither Miguel de Cervantes, nor Christopher Colombus, or not even the Count Ansúrez - the city's founder - managed to reach such a high level of popularity and tourist interest.
Based on Delibes' text, the route reconstructs
the town when it was at its maximum splendour: the first half
of the 16th century, when it already had a population of 28,000
inhabitants.
The entire story is concentrated on two great autos-da-fé
that happened in October, 1559 in Valladolid, although the guided
route goes further and stops at the main spots mentioned in the
book.
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