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University of Salamanca
Salamanca is the oldest university in the Spanish-speaking world. A historical benchmark of legal and humanist thought.
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The origin
What the date says
- Milestone
- Founding
- What happened
- King Alfonso IX of León founds the Estudio General of Salamanca, the origin of the university.
- Year
- 1218
- Source
- University of Salamanca — Institutional history
- Note
- Founded in 1218 by King Alfonso IX of León. The exact founding date isn't documented; the year is used.
Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.
Keep in mind
Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.