University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares

University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1998 som kulturarv i Spain. Platsen hör till regionen Europe and North America.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 1998.

UNESCOFounded 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.