University · Tortosa
Reales Colegios
Today: Reales Colegios de Tortosa (Reials Col·legis), Tortosa
- Place
- Tortosa
- Kind
- University
- Built
- 1564 to 1585
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Open to visit
The College of San Jaime and San Matías, whose works began in 1564 to educate young converted Muslims, the College of San Jorge and Santo Domingo, dated 1578, and the church of Santo Domingo, of 1585, make up the Renaissance complex of Tortosa. The courtyard of the first, with its frieze of royal couples and a doorway of about 1570, is the only Renaissance courtyard in Catalonia. The Santo Domingo college was razed by the bombings of 1937 to 1939 and keeps only its doorway; the church is now the city's formal hall and houses the Renaissance Interpretation Centre.