Ricote

Ricote is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia. It has a population of 1,509 (2004) and an area of 87.7 km² .[1]

For the character in Don Quixote, see Ricote (Don Quixote).
Location of Ricote in Murcia.

Ricote had a community of Moriscos (crypto-Muslims) until the 1609 Expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain. Scholars Govert Westerveld [2] and Prof. Francisco Márquez Villanueva[3] of the Harvard University believe that the name of the Morisco character Ricote in Don Quixote is derived from the village.

References
  1. Ricote (in Spanish)
  2. Westerveld, Govert (2007). Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Ana Félix y el morisco Ricote del Valle de Ricote en "Don Quijote II" del año 1615. (capítulos 54, 55, 63, 64 y 65). ISBN 84-923151-5-6
  3. Marquez Villanueva, Francisco (2010) Moros, moriscos y turcos en Cervantes. Ensayos críticos. ISBN 978-84-7290-498-9.

This article contains information from the Spanish Wikipedia article Ricote, accessed on January 10, 2008.



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