University of Alcalá. It is the native city of Miguel de Cervantes. Locally, it is generally known simply as Alcalá, but de Henares (‘of the river Henares’) is...

Archiepiscopal Palace of Alcalá de Henares (Spanish: Palacio Arzobispal de Alcalá de Henares) is a palace located in Alcalá de Henares, in the Community of...

of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de Henares on 12 November 1463 and is now honoured by the Catholic Church as...

(1999). La Catedral-Magistral de Alcalá de Henares, Patrimonio de la Humanidad (in Spanish). Diócesis de Alcalá de Henares. ISBN 84-89285-12-8. Comunidad...

The Diocese of Alcalá de Henares (Latin: Compluten(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its episcopal...

Basílica de San Francisco el Grande (also royal). It was founded on 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII as the Diocese of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares / Matriten(sis)...

Universidad Complutense de Madrid ("Complutense" means "from Alcalá", whose Latin name is Complutum), and the buildings in Alcalá de Henares were left vacant...

Diego Ros de Medrano (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid c. 1639 – Ourense, 24, March 1694) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Ourense, governor...

and Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1621–1628). Pedro de Oviedo Falconi was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order...

dels Cardona, Guillem Guifré de Cerdanya and Ot de Pallars) between the years 981 and 1122. Also important is the diocese's patronage of Andorra, with the...