Pazo de Fonseca

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Colexio de Fonseca | Monuments | Official Tourism Website of Santiago de Compostela and its Surroundings

16th c. This school was commissioned by Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca, converting the house where he was born and which belonged to his influential family for educational purposes. It began to function in 1544 and was later used to house the University of Compostela, created with the patronage of his family at the beginning of the century. Its Renaissance façade consists of two sections with Gothic statues in the intercolumniations and in the frieze niches. In the centre of the faç...