Close to the capital of Spain, you find Alcalá de Henares, a municipality linked to the Hispanic Culture and considered as Human Heritage by UNESCO. Thanks to its massive monumental patrimony perfectly preserved, the city has obtained these distinctions. Also, the city will help you travel in time as you visit the many squares, buildings, monuments and, of course, the University of Alcalá, place where Antonio de Nebrija, Quevedo, Calderón de la Barca or Ignacio de Loyola, and many famous writers, doctors, philosophers and religious people more, have studied a long time ago.
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The origins of the city go back to the Prehistoric times when the first settlements were established in the hills of Zulema or Viso. However, the Romans preferred to build a new city in a flat extension of land, known as “Complutum”. Alcalá reached its entire splendor when the Cardinal Cisneros founded, in the XV century, the Universitas Complutensis, a name given in honor of the ancient Roman area of the city: Complutum. From that moment onwards, the city became an important cultural point in Spain and all over the world.
The city is famous because of the University of Alcalá, known as the University Complutense of Alcala at the beginning. Also, this city is known as the “City of Knowledge”, for many important famous figures of literature, religion, philosophy, and medicine were born or studied in Alcalá. The most important milestones in Spain in relation to literature and the development of the RAE belong to the city and its prestige. The most important character born in this city is Cervantes, and you can visit his house near the center of Alcala.
If you go to Alcalá, visit the Cathedral of Los Santos Niños Justo y Pastor (known as Los Santo Niños) and the first building of the University of Alcalá. Both places are very well connected thanks to the wide availability to rent a car in Alcalá de Henares and Madrid. Do not miss the Cervantes Square, a very beautiful place close to the university, the Calle Mayor, which is the principal street of the center and was built on the roman road of Complutum, and, the Hippolytus House and Complutum ruins, part of the remains of the Romans in Alcalá.
The city has many programmed touristic visits in case you want to discover everything about its history, its people, its culture: everything. You can book the Cervantes Route or the Cervantes Train and enjoy a day discovering who Cervantes was, what he did, and many more surprises. If you want to discover from end to end the city, book your rental car with Pepecar in Alcalá de Henares, and move with total freedom all over the City of Knowledge.
