Galleguismo y quijotismo: a propósito del tricentenario del Quijote

1905 was the tercentenary of the publishing of El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Following previous celebratory experiences in the late quarter of the 19th century, such as Calderón’s in 1881, a group of Spanish intellectuals proposed a huge and spectacular celebration on Quijote’s tercentenary, a proposal adopted right away by Madrid politicians. In this article we explore the commemoration context from a nationalist, political and cultural point of view. More specifically we study how a historical nationality such as Galicia received and went through that proposal.