Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is thirty kilometres from Madrid. It has about 200,000 people. There is a university. Miguel de Cervantes, an important Spanish writer, the author of the "Don Quixote", was born there.
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_mapa.svg) Location of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid | |
| Coordinates: 40°28′N 3°22′W / 40.467°N 3.367°WCoordinates: 40°28′N 3°22′W / 40.467°N 3.367°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Community of Madrid |
| Founded | 1st century BC |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Javier Rodríguez Palacios (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 87.72 km2 (33.87 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 594 m (1,949 ft) |
| Population ()[1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 28801-28807 |
| Website | Official website |
| Official name | University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv, vi |
| Reference | 876 |
| Inscription | 1998 (22nd Session) |
Alcalá De Henares Media
Roman mosaic of the four seasons, the House of Bacchus, Complutum
Tower of the Old Castle of Alcalá La Vieja
View of the town by Anton van den Wyngaerde (1565)
Calle Mayor, c. 1910
Tower of Tenorio of the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá.
Alcalá de Henares as seen by the Sentinel-2 of the European Space Agency
The rectorado of the University of Alcalá
Cloister part of the university
Palacio de Laredo, Alcalá de Henares, España.
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