In the historic region of La Mancha, Spain

 “When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”

― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
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(in Spain) The historic region of La Mancha is found in the the modern provinces of Cuenca, Toledo, and Albacete, and most of the Ciudad Real province. La Mancha is an arid yet fertile plateau that stretches from the mountains of Toledo to the western spurs of the hills of Cuenca, and bordered to the south by the Sierra Morena and to the north by the Alcarria region -- and constitutes the southern portion of Castilla-La Mancha. Described by Miguel de Cervantes in his 17th-century novel Don Quixote, visitors to the La Mancha region today still can encounter the 16th-century windmills at which Cervantes’s fictional would-be knight-errant “tilted,” believing them to be gigantic rivals. the landscape is richly patterned, with undulating plains of rich henna-colored earth, neatly striped and stippled with olive groves and grape vines, stretching to a horizon you never seem to reach. In addition to its association with Cervantes, La Mancha is well known for its wines.