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"Salamanca reposa, sonriente, sobre sus tres colinas,
duerme al son de mandolinas,
y se despierta sobresaltada con el griterío de sus estudiantes." |
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Victor Hugo
French writer (1802-1885) |
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A magisterial lecture of wisdom and tradition
The General Study of Salamanca was founded in 1218, based on an earlier Cathedral School, and this was the first link to what we today know as the oldest university in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe together with Bologna, Paris, Oxford and Coimbra.
The oldest studies were the Liberal Arts, Trivium and Quadrivium, being the beginnings of all which followed, such as the studies of the Canons, Law, Medicine and Theology.
The university has always been the principal reference in the history of Salamanca. Its most important buildings were built around the Patio de Escuelas (16th century).
The façade of the university is the most exuberant example on the Spanish Renaissance, known as Plateresque.
A long list of prestigious philosophers, writers, scientifics and politicians have passed through the classrooms of this old university. Fray Luis de León, San Agustín de la Cruz, Francisco de Vitoria (the inventor of the international law) Antonio de Nebrija (creator of the first Spanish grammar), Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, Miguel de Unamuno, Francisco de Salinas, Ignacio Aldecoa, Carmen Martín Gaite, Enrique Tierno Galván, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Víctor García de la Concha, etc. are some of the famous names that have contributed to add to the fame of this center of wisdom.
Today, the university has 40.000 Spanish students and thousands of foreign students from all over the world.
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