College of Santo Domingo

College of Santo Domingo - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The University of Orihuela was located at the Convent of Santo Domingo, in Orihuela. It was the second university in the ancient Kingdom of Valencia, founded 40 years after the University of Valencia. The official name of the institution was Pontificia y Real Universidad de Orihuela (Pontifical and Royal University of Orihuela). The aforementioned university was governed by the Order of the Preachers (Dominicans) who had their convent inside it. Read more on Wikipedia

type: historic site
date from: 16th century

Source: en.wikipedia.org