The heritage of Alcalà de Henares ,part III !!!

Posted in Madrid, Spain

One of the great architectural and historical cities of my Spain. I have several posts on it but found me ,again, several pictures that need to be in my blog, Of course, this is Alcalà de Henares in the Comunidad de Madrid.  Always brings me back memories. Let me tell you a bit the heritage of Alcalà de Henares ,part III !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Church of Santa María la Mayor is located on Calle Libreros ,this church, started in 1567, interrupted its construction until 1602-1620, when thanks to donations from the Mendoza family it was terminated, in the absence of the facade. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain in 1767, it became the Paraninfo of the University of Alcalá, where the Dr. of Alcalá was examined. Subsequently, it was part of the various military quarters that used their facilities. After the Spanish Civil War, and having destroyed in 1936 the Church of Santa María la Mayor (see post) located in the Plaza de Cervantes, the parish of Santa María relocated its headquarters in the chapel of the old Jesuit College. The rest of the Maximum College of the Society of Jesus is the headquarters of the current Law Faculty of the University of Alcalá, on Calle Libreros, From that primitive parish attests the isolated bell tower that can be seen at one end of the Plaza de Cervantes.

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The Church of Saint Mary la Mayor or Iglesia Santa María la Mayor is the denomination that has had two buildings throughout history in the city of Alcalá de Henares. Of the old church located south of the Plaza de Cervantes, in front of the city/town hall, there is only the design of its plant marked on the ground and two parts that have been restored: the tower and a chapel. This, called the Capilla del Oidor or Chapel of the Listener, of Mudejar decoration, contains a baptismal font specially celebrated for being in which Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quijote writer author) was baptized.

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The Alcalà de Henares tourist office on the St Mary’s tower: https://www.turismoalcala.es/turismo/monumento-torre-de-santa-maria/

The Alcalà de Henares tourist office on the Capilla del Oidor: https://www.turismoalcala.es/turismo/monumento-capilla-del-oidor/

Right around it is Calle Mayor and we went looking frantically for the House Museum Cervantes at no. 48 , (see post) opened to the public since 1956. You come in for free!!! and right into the courtyard or patio.  You take the walk tour into the surgery room, from his father’s trade; then the dining room, kitchen, ladies’ drawing room, a puppet show of the novel Don Quijote, his bedroom, bathroom private parlour, children room,and exhibition hall.

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The official Museum native house of Cervantes: https://museocasanataldecervantes.org/home-english/

The Alcalà de Henares tourist office on the house museum : https://www.turismoalcala.es/turismo/museo-casa-natal-de-cervantes/

There you go, a wonderful town to walk it all. Alcalà de Henares is to see a lot more, see my posts in my blog. Again, hope you enjoy the heritage of Alcalà de Henares, part III as I.

 And remember, happy travels, good health ,and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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