Pontifical University of Salamanca
in Salamanca
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What Other Travellers Say...
"This is a stupendous building. The towers are beautiful and the position in the town imposing. The walls have red writing on them. This is from manyhundreds of years ago up until now. When a student receives their doctorate a celebratory bullfight was held. The blood was mixed with other ingredients and the victory message painted on the walls...."
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"Worth visting, but most of what you can see tends to be the outside of the various buildings. However these are impressive in their age andarchitecture. The old doorwars and windows, inscriptions, and the old library are particularly fascinating...."
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"This is definitely one of the most beautiful university I have visited. Of course heavy religious influence as you could see in the pictures! Youhave visit with a tour guide and Spanish only but I still opted for it plus the visit of Scala. The view up the scala covers the entire city and as soon as I got up to the top it started to rain. The gloomy sky and the double rainbow made it a magical moment to be stuck! Hahah...."
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"I went into the tower, and the view of the city was breath taking. This was my first experience in Salamanca, and I loved it. I recommend you to dothe same, because you’ll see all the buildings from above. The path to the tower has some old stairs, made from strong wood, but don t be afraid, they are solid...."
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"One of the notable universities in Spain for its history, academic and socio-cultural impact."
"Our 2019 Spain travel was filled with adventure, great food & wine and history. The College of the Holy Spirit was our next stop, encountering thefirst ‘rude’ person in Spain -a female tour guide- as the tour was only provided in Spanish –even though there were 6 English speakers in the group- and when I volunteered to translate, the woman tour guide told me that would interfere with her thinking process. Since there was only two people who spoke Spanish and all others were Irish, British and Americans, we stayed back a bit and I tried to tell them what was going on. The building works of this impressive monument started in 1617, taking 150 years to be completed. The college was founded by Kings Phillip III and his wife Margaret of Austria, in order to provide a place for the training of Jesuit novices, who might go on mission to evangelize the four corners of the world. Queen Margaret took a very personal interest in founding a university, college for the Jesuits in Salamanca, due to the considerable academic prestige of this city. However, before the building was finished, the Pragmatic Sanction of King Charles III banished the Society of Jesus from Spain in 1767, and subsequently the building was divided into 4 different spaces. The Church and sacristy, set apart from the rest of the building, were entrusted to the clergy of the Real Clerics of San Marcos, a royal school, which was never set up due to the opposition from the local bishop D. Felipe Beltran, the College of Noble Irishmen or seminary for the Irish, as well as the local diocesan seminary of Salamanca. While rather interesting, tour is only given in Spanish and after that experience, if we would have known, we would have told her to remain silent and we would have simply followed her to see the treasures found in this building...."
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The Pontifical University of Salamanca appears in our Complete Guide to Visiting Salamanca!
Moira & Andy
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Planning Your Visit
Hours:
Monday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday: Closed
Salamanca: 1 km
Telephone: +34 923 27 71 00
Nearby Attractions
- Salamanca University Hospital (0.1) km
Attraction, Historic Building and Notable Building - Museo de Salamanca (0.1) km
Historic Building, Historic Site and Museum - Salamanca University (0.1) km
Historic Building - La Clerecía (0.1) km
- Casa de las Conchas (0.1) km
Historic Building - Unamuno House Museum (0.2) km
- Plaza de Anaya (0.2) km
- Escuelas Menores de la Universidad de Salamanca (0.2) km
Courtyard, Historic Building and Historic Site - Palacio de Anaya (0.2) km
Palace - Church of Saint Benedict (0.2) km
Church, Historic Building and Religious Building
