UNESCO World Heritage · Spain
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
Cultural site · inscribed 1998
Founded by Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros in the early 16th century, Alcalá de Henares was the world's first planned university city. It was the original model for the Civitas Dei (City of God), the ideal urban community which Spanish missionaries brought to the Americas.
Summary from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Photo: Universidad de Alcalá (RPS 18-05-2013) Manzana Fundacional Cisneriana, maqueta.png by Raimundo Pastor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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