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    University of Alcalá. It is the native city of Miguel de Cervantes. Locally, it is generally known simply as Alcalá, but de Henares (‘of the river Henares’) is...
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    The University of Alcalá (Spanish: Universidad de Alcalá) is a public university located in Alcalá de Henares, a city 35 km (22 miles) northeast of Madrid...
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    Archiepiscopal Palace of Alcalá de Henares (Spanish: Palacio Arzobispal de Alcalá de Henares) is a palace located in Alcalá de Henares, in the Community of...
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    of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de Henares on 12 November 1463 and is now honoured by the Catholic Church as...
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    Multipurpose indoor sports hall. ¡Conoce el Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares! Derrota del Juvenil A en el Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares...
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    (1999). La Catedral-Magistral de Alcalá de Henares, Patrimonio de la Humanidad (in Spanish). Diócesis de Alcalá de Henares. ISBN 84-89285-12-8. Comunidad...
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  • Real Sociedad Deportiva Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Henares in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División...
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    name originates from the old path from Madrid to the nearby town of Alcalá de Henares. Madrid in the late 18th century still looked like a somewhat drab...
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    published simultaneously in three cities in 1554: Alcalá de Henares, Burgos and Antwerp. The Alcalá de Henares edition adds some episodes which were most likely...
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    The Diocese of Alcalá de Henares (Latin: Compluten(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its episcopal...
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  • College of San Jorge at Alcalá de Henares, was founded about 1648, from the estate of Baron George Sylveira (Baron Jorge de la Paz y Silveira), a Portuguese...
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    before his death. Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares, and was the youngest child of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand...
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    (Alcalá de Henares). In 1083 (or 1085) Alfonso VI took the city of Madrid in the context of his wider campaign to conquer Toledo. Alcalá de Henares fell...
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    the King went to Alcalá de Henares. On 19 December 1308, in Alcala de Henares, Ferdinand IV and the Aragonese ambassadors Bernaldo de Sarriá and Gonzalo...
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid ("Complutense" means "from Alcalá", whose Latin name is Complutum), and the buildings in Alcalá de Henares were left vacant...
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    Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña (1410, in Carrascosa del Campo – 1 July 1482, in Alcalá de Henares) was a Spanish politician and Roman Catholic archbishop....
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    Alcalá de Henares is a railway station serving the city of Alcalá de Henares in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is on the Madrid–Barcelona railway and...
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  • Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, Spain RSD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Henares, Spain University of Alcalá, Alcalá...
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    There is no university in Azuqueca but in several cities close: Alcalá de Henares and Guadalajara and Madrid. Azuqueca is a logistic center due to its...
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    city of Pozuelo de Alarcón. It is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Complutum, now an archeological site in Alcalá de Henares, just east of Madrid...
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    Complutum was an ancient Roman city located in the present-day city of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. It has been partially excavated and the impressive remains...
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  • Alcala de Henares (Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares) is a permanent exhibition of contemporary art in public Alcalá de Henares (Madrid...
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    Corral de Comedias de Alcalá de Henares in Alcalá de Henares, Community of Madrid, Spain, is one of the oldest preserved theatres in Europe. Built in...
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    buildings". Calle de Alcalá is one of the oldest streets in the city. It was the old road which led to the city of Alcalá de Henares (from which it takes...
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    Ávila (Spanish: Iglesia de San Juan de Ávila) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in a modern neighbourhood of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. The current...
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    of San Isidro (Spanish: Ermita de San Isidro) is a hermitage located in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1995.[citation...
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    Internacional de la Asociación de Cervantistas, Alcalá de Henares, 13 al 16 de diciembre de 2006. Alcalá de Henares: Centro de Estudios Cervantinos. pp. 503–521...
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    Alcalá de Henares Universidad is a railway station serving the University of Alcalá in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is situated on the Madrid–Barcelona...
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    Basílica de San Francisco el Grande (also royal). It was founded on 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII as the Diocese of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares / Matriten(sis)...
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    Henares river, going through the important town of Alcalá de Henares to Guadalajara and Zaragoza. The towns around the line (Coslada, San Fernando de...
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