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College of Fonseca

Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, A Coruña

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College of Fonseca

Monument · Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, A Coruña

The cradle of the Universidade de Santiago, founded by Archbishop Alonso III de Fonseca by a bull of 1526 on the site of his birthplace in rúa do Franco; Juan de Álava designed the Plateresque courtyard of double arcading that today surrounds the Biblioteca Xeral.

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