alcalá de henares
states: [spain]
category: cultural
year: 1998
location: Province and Autonomous Community of Madrid
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 40.4813888900, -3.3680555560
visited: 2018
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. It also served as a model for universities in Europe and elsewhere.
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