University · Oñate

Universidad de Oñate

Today: Universidad Sancti Spiritus, Oñate

Place
Oñate
Kind
University
Built
c. 1543 to 1552
What remains
Standing
Visiting
Not checked

The university that Rodrigo Mercado de Zuazola, bishop of Ávila, founded in 1540 under a bull of Paul III, installed in this Renaissance building, a transition from Plateresque to purist Mannerism. Work began in 1543 and lasted a decade; Pierre Picart built the façade around 1546, and the courtyard has a double arcade and coffered ceilings of Mudéjar inspiration. It taught, with interruptions, until 1901, and the building now houses the International Institute for the Sociology of Law.

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