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Alcalá de Henares, or Alcalá on the Henares, is a Spanish city, whose historical centre is one of the UNESCO 's World Heritage Sites, and formerly one of the first bishoprics ...
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Alcalá de Henares, town, central Spain, in Madrid Province, on the Henares River, near Madrid. An industrial town specializing in leather goods and soap, Alcalá is also a trading centre for the surrounding agricultural area. The town was known to the Romans as Complutum. It was destroyed about 1000 and was rebuilt in 1083 by the Moors. The University of Alcalá, which became a leading educational establishment in Spain, was founded in 1510, and moved to Madrid in 1836. A celebrated early Bible, the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, was printed in Alcalá in 1517. The town is the birthplace of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes. The university and Old Town of Alcalá were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. Population 201,380 (2006 estimate).