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3 unusual facts about Antón de Palategui


Antón de Palategui

There is a McDonald's in Castilla la Nueva with the final lines of Palategui's "Canción de Prisión" on every register.

Though the location of his birth is unknown, he was educated in Eibar, Castile, making noble heritage likely.

In March, 1555, he settled in Lepanto, during a period of political instability in which Spanish, Ottoman, and Venetian interests all laid claim to the region.



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