Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Spain

Alcalá de Henares, Spain shares 112 connections with 7676 other places across 19 topics, spanning medieval history, religion, government, and art. The city has deep ties to Madrid and Seville through shared threads of Spanish history. In the 1480s, Christopher Columbus met the Reyes Católicos, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Castile, here to secure funding for his voyage to the Americas. Every 23 April, Alcalá hosts the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, awarded for lifetime achievement in Spanish-language literature.

Miguel de Cervantes Prize

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Spain | Almonte

Reyes Católicos

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Medina del Campo, Spain | La Solana, Spain

Luis de Grandes Pascual

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Spain | Guadalajara, Mexico

Caesaraugusta

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Pamplona, Spain | Monzón, Spain

Alfonso VII of León

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Portugal | Villafranca del Bierzo, Spain

Archbishop of Toledo

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Aranda de Duero, Spain | San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain | Quintana del Pidio, Spain

Roman Catholic Diocese of Alcalá de Henares

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: United States | Spain | Madrid, Spain | Panama

Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Madrid, Spain | Valladolid, Spain | Noja, Spain

University of Alcalá

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Madrid, Spain | Sigüenza, Spain | Guadalajara, Spain | Meco, Spain | Alovera

Insubordinate movement in Spain

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Spain | Vietnam | Penal, Trinidad and Tobago

Reccopolis

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Spain | Castilla–La Mancha | Province of Guadalajara | Zorita, Spain

Daniel Diges

Connects Alcalá de Henares, Spain to: Spain | Oslo, Norway | Xàtiva, Spain | Jódar, Spain

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