阿尔卡拉大学

The University buildings are well maintained and are easy to tour. Some have security guards, but my sense was that nothing was really off limits to tourists as long as you asked nicely.

You have to see it in order to appreciate it. I would be happy to be a student in this beautiful medieval building, which is really carefully renovated.

Nice to see the main old building, but overall, not that impressed...there are much prettier campuses.

Can only enter with guided tour €4 that's in Spanish. Our guide gave a lot of history, most of which was sadly lost on me. We saw 4 different places of the university, two courtyards, a garden, and a church-like room. Near the front gates, look up to see the stork nests. The ticket area has a lot of Alcala souvenirs, which are surprisingly hard to find in the rest of the town.

Excellent guided tourof the University, with a well prepared and very knowleadgeable, young, female guide, PhD Doctoral Candidate. Well versed on University folklore. Definitevely worth the 4 euro ticket.

The architecture of the University is truly amazing The College of San Ildefonso is the current name of the university( so we were informed). There are many buildings, but the main building has the beautiful Plateresque facade that dates from 1543, It has three sections and on top there is a balustrade. The courtyard (Patio Mayor) shows three floors is impressive and dates from the Renaissance. The Patio Trilingue is where the dead languages were taught. The Paraninfo has an impressive caisson ceiling. The assembly room is a fine example of the Cisneros style, combining Mudéjar features in plaster and wood with Plateresque decoration. There is a beautiful chapel next door

The architecture of the University is truly amazing which is still preserved today, learn about the history and the many famous students and scholars that have attended

enjoyed looking round the university most interesting and well worth a visit

I love visiting UNESCO world heritage sites, as well as any educational institutions, so an approximately 40-minute train ride to one of Madrid's suburbs was a natural addition to our Madrid itinerary. Unfortunately, we arrived around 1:30pm, when Spain is enjoying her siesta, and had a hard time finding much information locally. Luckily, Alcala is a small place and one nearly stumbles upon the site. As we were conducting this tour without a live guide, we used the official UNESCO description as our guide - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/876. The facade of the college is impressive, walking past it and toward the square is interesting. We will try to time our next visit better so that we can do a properly guided tour.

The College of San Ildefonso is located at the Plaza de San Diego. This is the current name of the university. There are many buildings, but the main building has the beautiful Plateresque facade that dates from 1543, the work of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañon. The façade has three sections and on top there is a balustrade. The courtyard (Patio Mayor) shows three floors is impressive and dates from the Renaissance. The Patio Trilingue is where the dead languages were taught. The Paraninfo has an impressive caisson ceiling. The assembly room is one of the finest examples of the Cisneros style, combining Mudéjar features in plaster and wood with Plateresque decoration. There is a beautiful chapel next door.

Our favorite visit in Alcala was the university, which is the main reason Alcala de Henares was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1887. It began construction in 1499 and opened in 1508. Two other universities were already operating in Spain, but this was the first one to be a “university town,” to have students live on campus, and even to live under a set of laws different from those outside the university. There was a jail on campus where students would be punished for infractions such as speaking anything other than Latin, returning after 8 p.m., or bringing a woman on premises. The university is visited by the King and Queen each year, where they present the Cervantes prize to an author that writes in Spanish. The first woman to ever receive her doctorate was a member of a family close to the king and the king had to order that the university allow her to sit for her exams. The tour is really interesting, especially the description of what students went through to take doctoral exams. Tours of the university are available 8 times a day on weekdays and 14 times a day on weekends and holidays. If you go on the last tour of the day, you are likely to have a very small group, or even private tour. Entry is 4 euros, 2 euros for students and 3 euro for an audio guide in English, French or German.

１時間に１度、ガイド付きツアーがあると。スペイン語のみ。が、18時の会は他の人が不在のため、マンツーマンで女性が英語で説明してくれました。外の門の前で待っていたら、外観の説明から。窓がイミテーションになっているや階によって窓の数が異なるなどなど。その後、中に入り広場の説明。金持ちと貧乏人の部屋の説明や紋章の説明。その後、昨日結婚式で使用したシンプルな教会の説明をしてくれました。約40分。

Lugar imprescindible si visitas Alcalá, es el origen de la universidad con su gran Paraninfo donde se entrega el Premio Cervantes.

Esta universidad fue declarada por la UNESCO como Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1988. Este muy bello edificio dispone de tres diferentes patios y una preciosa Aula Magna de estilo mudejar en donde cada año se hace entrega del Premio Cervantes de Literatura. Su muy bonita fachada es de estilo plateresco. PATRIMONIO DE LA HUMANIDAD DESDE 1988.

En diciembre de 1998 la UNESCO declaró a la Universidad y recinto histórico de la Ciudad de Alcalá de Henares Patrimonio de la Humanidad. La fachada es impresionante, el Rectorado y sus patios dignos herederos de la majestuosa historia de este municipio y sus ilustres visitantes. Recomendable visita guiada, tanto para la Universidad como para el resto del Casco Histórico.