Alcalá de Henares

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city municipality

Alcalá de Henares is a historic Spanish city east of Madrid, renowned as the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes and for its well-preserved university and medieval architecture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Historic centre of Alcalá de Henares 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
birthplaceOf Catherine of Aragon ⓘ
Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dialingCode +34 ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 594 metres ⓘ
governedBy Ayuntamiento de Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Cervantes Prize award ceremony ⓘ
Holy Week processions ⓘ
Semana Cervantina ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasHistoricName Alcalá NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Alcalá ⓘ
surface form: Complutum
hasLandmark Archbishop’s Palace of Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Calle Mayor (Alcalá de Henares) ⓘ
Cathedral of Saints Justus and Pastor ⓘ
Cervantes Birthplace Museum ⓘ
Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso ⓘ
Corral de Comedias de Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Plaza de Cervantes ⓘ
hasTransport A-2 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cercanías Madrid commuter rail ⓘ
hasTwinTown Alcalá la Real NERFINISHED ⓘ
Freiburg im Breisgau NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Diego ⓘ
hasUNESCOCriteria cultural ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Alcalá ⓘ
heritageDesignation Alcalá de Henares self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Historic centre of Alcalá de Henares

UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Cervantes-related tourism ⓘ
Renaissance urban layout ⓘ
literary heritage ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ
well-preserved university architecture ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedEastOf Madrid ⓘ
locatedIn Community of Madrid ⓘ
central Spain ⓘ
namedAfter Complutum (Roman city) ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Henares valley ⓘ
surface form: Henares Corridor
postalCode 28801 ⓘ
province Madrid ⓘ
region Alcarria ⓘ
surface form: Alcarria de Alcalá
river Henares River ⓘ
timeZone CEST ⓘ
CET ⓘ
urbanType historic university town ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catherine of Aragon → birthPlace → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor → birthPlace → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Manuel Azaña → birthPlace → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Miguel de Cervantes → birthPlace → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Community of Madrid → contains → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Henares River → flowsNear → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Henares River → hasMajorTownOnBank → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Henares River → hasNearbyCity → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Alcalá de Henares → heritageDesignation → Alcalá de Henares self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic centre of Alcalá de Henares
Henares River → historicallySupported → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros → workLocation → Alcalá de Henares ⓘ