The Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso ( Spanish: ''Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso'') is a building located in

Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares () is a Spanish city in the Community of Madrid. Straddling the Henares River, it is located to the northeast of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated Municipalities ...

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. It was declared '' Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1914. It was built by

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who commissioned architect Pedro de Gumiel to design. The foundation stone was laid in 1499, the Saint Ildefonsus` Chapel was completed in 1510; in 1516 began construction of the ''Paraninfo'' (Auditorium) and in 1537

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designed the main façade. Although most of the work had been carried out by 1617 when

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redesigned the courtyard (Thomas of Villanova's courtyard), the construction was not finished until the second half of the 17th century.

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