A Journey Through Unforgettable Literary Settings
We want to give you a little game. We are going to point out different literary settings. Could you say in which works they appear? Some are very simple, others not so much, but they will take you on a wonderful journey. We play?
1. Juliet’s House, Verona (Italy)
We begin our journey through literary settings by looking at the most beautiful and tragic love story ever written. William Shakespeare places his Romeo and Juliet in Verona. And the house where the young woman supposedly resided can be visited, although it is true that the crowds of tourists take away part of the charm.
2. Kronborg Castle (Denmark)
We keep talking about Shakespeare, but this time about another of his great plays, Hamlet . It was the walls of this castle that heard the famous “to be or not to be”. And they continue to listen to it, because in addition to guided tours, the work that the English author set here is still represented in the enclosure.
3. Windmills, Campo de Criptana (Spain)
Campo de Criptana has a place of honor in Spanish literature. This is the place where the immortal Don Quixote de la Mancha faced the giants, really mills. Today only ten are preserved, but they are capable of immersing us in the pages of the great work of Miguel de Cervantes.
4. Notre Dame, Paris (France)
The story of the hunchback of Notre Dame and his impossible love for the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda takes place within the walls of the Paris Cathedral. Our Lady of Paris is one of the most unforgettable works of Victor Hugo. It is impossible to visit the temple and not remember the tragic but beautiful story of the most famous hunchback in world literature.
5. Santa María del Mar, Barcelona (Spain)
The construction of the basilica of Santa María del Mar is the storyline of La Catedral del Mar , by Ildefonso Falcones. Through the life and eyes of Arnau, its young protagonist, we see the most beautiful temple of Catalan Gothic rise and we know what Barcelona was like in the 14th century. One of the most evocative literary settings in Barcelona.
6. Bran Castle (Romania)
It is the home of the most famous vampire in history, Count Dracula. Bram Stoker was inspired by this castle to write his novel. The funny thing is that the actual figure the character is based on, the dreaded Vlad the Impaler never resided here. In any case, the legend and the literary character are enough to make your hair stand on end just by looking at the image of the castle
7. Peak District (England)
The Peak District, with its hills, bucolic forests and spectacular mansions, inspired Jane Austen, who set many of her novels in these places. Strolling through today’s national park and its towns takes us directly to the pages of Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility.
8. Fjällbacka (Sweden)
It is the birth town of Camilla Läckberg and the place where the action of her novels is set, or at least a good part of them. A small and charming fishing village today recognized for the fictional crimes that take place in it.
9. Maienfeld (Switzerland), one of the most charming literary settings
It was Meienfeld’s landscapes that inspired Johanna Spyri to write the story of the unforgettable Heidi. The classic of children’s literature can be revived almost step by step in this town, where you can contemplate the pastures, the mountains and even a recreation of the grandfather’s house.
10. Castle of If, Marseille (France)
Off the coast of Marseille, on an islet, stands the Castle of If. It is the same in which Alexander Dumas would place the terrible prison where he was imprisoned and from which Edmundo Dantés, the protagonist of The Count of Monte Cristo , escaped. One of the most breathtaking literary scenarios that can be seen.
