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Alcalá de Henares' Old Univerity
Plaza de San Diego, 28800 Alcalá de Henares Driving directions
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This building is now occupied by the offices of the university and stands on Plaza San Diego, near to Plaza Cervantès. Its fine plateresque façade (1543), the work of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, is made up of three sections crowned by a balustrade. You will visit he Patio Mayor with its three floors that give a certain majesty and the charming patio trilingue (1557), where the dead languages were taught, and finally the Paraninfo, with its caisson ceiling.

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    Hotel El Bedel
    Very good 8.3
    38 m - Plaza San Diego, 8, 28801 Alcalá de Henares
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    Very good 8.5
    138 m - Plaza de Cervantes 21, 28801 Alcalá de Henares
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    La Casa Tahona Plaza de Cervantes
    Very good 8.4
    160 m - Plaza de Cervantes, 13, 28801 Alcalá de Henares

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