Once is a coincidence. Twice, a happenstance. And more than three, a pattern. Such is the case with the series of relationships linking Don Quixote and the Empordà. Far from a sporadic anecdote, the reiteration of examples connecting these two worlds allows for the detection of a rich and interesting bond. This is demonstrated by the Hispanic philologist Joan Manuel Soldevila, based in Figueres, in the book Land of Quixotes (Pòrtic), awarded the 2026 Carles Rahola Essay Prize. The text, written with great erudition but without heavy-handed analysis, unravels the carousel of characters, works, and places of the Empordà plain that, in one way or another, allude to Cervantes' literature. From the most obvious, such as Dalí's admiration for the Knight of the Sad Countenance, to others more surprising, such as the name of a nightclub in Figueres or the first documented photograph in the world of two men dressed as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.