Habsburg and Bourbon Spain
Salamanca
Today: Spain
- Years
- 1492–1833
- Role
- University city, provincial capital from 1833
The 16th century was the city's time of greatest splendour, in population and in university life, with the so-called School of Salamanca: it is reckoned to have had some 24,000 inhabitants and, around 1580, 6,500 students enrolled each year. In the 18th century an economic and cultural revival allowed the New Cathedral to be finished and the Baroque Plaza Mayor to be built. In 1833 the province of Salamanca was created and the city became its capital.
What to see today
- Catedral Nueva de Salamanca (Catedral Nueva): Cathedral, 1512 to 1733
- Convento de San Esteban: Monastery, 1524 to 1610
- Casa de las Conchas: Palace, 1493 to 1517
- Palacio de Monterrey: Palace, 1539
- La Clerecía (Universidad Pontificia) (La Clerecía): University, 1617 to 1754
- Colegio Mayor de Santiago el Zebedeo (Colegio de Fonseca) (Colegio del Arzobispo Fonseca): University, 1519 to 1578
- Casa de los Álvarez Abarca (Museo de Salamanca) (Casa de los Abarca): Palace, 16th century
- Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepción de Calatrava (Casa de la Iglesia) (Colegio de Calatrava): University, 1717 to 1790
- Casa de las Muertes: Palace, 1500
- Palacio de la Salina (Diputación Provincial) (Palacio de la Salina): Palace, 1538
- Plaza Mayor de Salamanca (Plaza Mayor): Square, 1729 to 1756
- Convento de Santa María de las Dueñas (Convento de las Dueñas): Monastery, 1533
- Iglesia de Sancti Spiritus: Church, c. 1541 to 1600
- Convento de Santa Clara (Museo de pintura medieval) (Convento de Santa Clara): Monastery, 16th to 18th century
- Escuelas Mayores de la Universidad de Salamanca (Escuelas Mayores): University, 1411 to 1794