Casa Cervantes

Andalusien · Spanien · House

From the well of this 16th-century palace, the faceless man is said to rise – the drowned soul whose features had to be veiled in the grave.

The 16th-century palace of Casa Cervantes in Vélez-Málaga, where tradition says Miguel de Cervantes lodged while working as a tax collector, is home to the tale of "the faceless man". In the 19th century a man is said to have plunged headfirst into the house's well and drowned, so disfigured that his face was covered with cloth before burial. After renovations in 1985, staff began reporting doors opening on their own, dragging sounds, murmurs and a figure in old-fashioned clothes and a hat whose face is described as absolute darkness. Most famous is the incident of 1994, when some twenty striking sanitation workers occupying the building saw the figure rise from the well and glide forward to the sound of trailing fabric.

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Casa Cervantes liegt in Andalusien, Spanien.