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Cañete is a 
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the Cuenca Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
It is home to a Moorish
The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.
Moors are not a distinct or se ...
-origin castle, and of a line of walls with a gate from the same age.
It is the birthplace of Álvaro de Luna
Álvaro de Luna y Fernández de Jarava (between 1388 and 13902 June 1453), was a Castilian statesman, favourite of John II of Castile. He served as Constable of Castile and as Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. He earned great influence in t ...
and the origin of the Sephardic Jewish
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...
family Canetti (the most famous member of which is Nobel Prize in Literature
)
, image = Nobel Prize.png
, caption =
, awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature
, presenter = Swedish Academy
, holder = Annie Ernaux (2022)
, location = Stockholm, Sweden
, year = 1901
, ...
laureate Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti (; bg, Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a German-language writer, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a Sephardic family. They moved to Manchester, England, but his father died in 1912, and his mother took her t ...
); ''Canetti'' is a transformation of Cañete, from a time when the family lived in Italy. It is also the birthplace of Manuel Polo y Peyrolón
Manuel Polo y Peyrolón (1846–1918) was a Spanish people, Spanish writer, theorist, academic, and politician. He is best known as the author of five novels falling in between romanticism and Realism (arts), realism; classified as part of costumb ...
, an ultraconservative
Ultraconservatism refers to extreme conservative views in politics or religious practice.
In modern politics, the term "ultraconservative" usually refers to conservatives of the far-right on the political spectrum, comprising groups or indivi ...
philosopher and scholar of clear anti-semitic penchant.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Cuenca {{cuenca-geo-stub