For one thing I did not know where the place of the quemadero was; and I do not yet know where those. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Spanish Travels] Reference
They were all tied to stakes on the quemadero, a piece of pavement, without the walls of the city, devoted to the single use of burning human victims. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Tomorrow you will be included in the auto da fe: that is, you will be exposed to the quemadero, the symbolical flames of the Everlasting Fire: it burns, as you know, only at a distance, my son; and Death is at least two hours (often three) in coming, on account of the wet, iced bandages with which we protect the heads and hearts of the condemned. From Wordnik.com. [Belmont Club] Reference
Sometimes this quemadero. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal]
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