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Alcalá de Henares Catherine of Aragon

(1485-1536) by Manuel González

Muñoz 2007

Catherine of Aragon

(Catalina, the daughter of

Queen Isabella I of Castile and

King Ferdinand II of Aragon) was the Queen of England from

June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was previously

Princess of Wales as the

wife of his elder brother Arthur

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Alcalá de Henares University

Alonso Carrillo de Acuña (1412-1482) by Santiago de Santiago (1987) en Alcalá de Henares

Alonso Carrillo de Acuña (1412-1482) Spanish politician

and Roman Catholic

archbishop

Alcalá de Henares Convento de las

Bernardas

Alcalá de Henares Convento de las BernardasSan Bernardo by Manuel Pereira (1588 – 1683)

San

Ber

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Man

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ra (1

588

– 16

83)

MadridSan Antonio de los

Portugueses by Manuel Pereira

(1588 – 1683)

Alcalá de Henares UniversityCardenal Cisneros (1436 - 1517)

Cardinal Cisneros 'statue in Alcalá de Henares University by José Vilches 1864

Cardinal Cisneros by Juan de Borgoña (c. 1470–1536)Museo del Prado

Alcalá de Henares Tomb of Cardinal Cisneros in the church of St. Ildefonso

Alcalá de Henares Tomb of Cardinal Cisneros in the church of St. Ildefonso

Alcalá de Henares Cervantes regarding Don Quijote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza

Alcalá de Henares El Chorrillo

by C. Culturaly recreativo “El Chorrillo“, 2005

The Museo Casa Natal de Cervantes in Alcalá de Henares is the house where Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1547 and lived

At the front entrance of the

Cervantes Birthplace

Museum, the charming life-size

statue of Don Quixote and

Sancho Panza

The statue is the work of Peter Requejo Novoa and was inaugurated on April 24th 2005, commemorating the fourth centenary of the publication of Don Quixote

Statue of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by Peter Requejo Novoa, 2005

Statue of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by Peter Requejo Novoa, 2005

Statue of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by Peter Requejo Novoa, 2005

Segovia Monument to San Juan

de la Cruz by José María García

Moro (1933 - 2012)

San Juan de la Cruz

Façade of the University of Salamanca

Plateresque façade of the University of Salamanca facing

a statue of Fray Luis de León (1527-1591)

Salamanca  Fray Luis de León

(1527-1591)by Nicasio Sevilla,

1868

 Fray Luis de León by Nicasio Sevilla, 1868

Salamanca Monument to San

Juan de la Cruz (1542-1591)  by Fernando

Mayoral Dorado

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Salamanca Monument to San Juan de la

Cruz (1542-1591)  by Fernando Mayoral Dorado

Salamanca Francisco de Vitoria(1483-1546) y el Convento de los Dominicos

Salamanca Monument to Francisco de

Vitoria (1483-1546) by Francisco de Toledo, 1975

Salamanca Monument to

Francisco de Vitoria (1483-1546)

by Francisco de Toledo, 1975

Francisco de Vitoria (1483-1546)

was a Renaissance Roman Catholic

philosopher, theologian and jurist

Salamanca Pan y Cultura by Pablo Serrano

Valladolid Monument to Rosa Chacel de Luis Santiago Pardo 1996

Valladolid National Museum of SculptureSt. Anthony of Padua by Juan de Juni (1507 – 1577)

Valladolid National Museum of SculptureSt. Anthony of Padua by Juan de Juni (1507 – 1577)

Valladolid National Museum of SculptureSt. Anthony of Padua by Juan de Juni (1507 – 1577)

The Royal Chapel of Granada

Mausoleum of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel I of

Castile and Fernando V of

Aragon

The Royal Chapel of Granada

The Royal Chapel of Granada

Mausoleum of the Catholic Monarchs,

Isabel I of Castile and Fernando V of Aragon

The Royal Chapel of Granada

The Royal Chapel of Granada

The Royal Chapel of GranadaThe Main Altarpiece is one of the first and biggest

Plateresque altarpieces carved in SpainPraying statues in polychrome wood

attributed to Diego of Siloam

The Royal Chapel of GranadaDetail of Main altar

St. John's exile in the Patmos Island

The Royal Chapel of GranadaStatue by Felipe Bigarny (1475-1543)

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Sound: Dónam la mà - Arianna Savall

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2016