Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and its University

ALCALA DE HENARES AND ITS UNIVERSITY (Spain)

22 miles NE of Madrid, Alcalá de Henares is the hometown of Cervantes. In its Historic Precinct stands the refounded (in 1977) University of Alcalá, which dates to the 13th century. Some of its buildings were once part of the equally-old Complutense University, which relocated to Madrid in 1836. Alcalá itself was founded in Roman times, and was once a Muslim citadel of al-Andalus.

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