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The University of Sigüenza

Sigüenza, Serranía de Guadalajara, Guadalajara

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The University of Sigüenza

Historical milestone · Sigüenza, Serranía de Guadalajara, Guadalajara

Image of Sigüenza, not of the place itself.

Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza promoted in 1489 the founding of a university around the college of San Antonio de Portaceli. It trained jurists and theologians for more than three centuries, until in 1824 it was reduced to a dependent college and disappeared as a university.

1489-1824

Photo: Ecelan (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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