Free tour International Women's Day, Women in the history of Alcalá de Henares

About the Tour

We propose you a new adventure to celebrate International Women's Day 2021!: A guided tour that follows in the footsteps of "Women in the history of Alcalá de Henares."

Women who, either in the cultural, social, religious or historical sphere, became the center of attention of their historical stage: women fighters, religious women, witches, queens, princesses, teachers ...

All this, surprising us with the treasures of a World Heritage city.

During the tour we will discover the places, life and times of those women who could be considered a symbol of the female role in the history of the city.

• Old Hospital of Antezana . Isabel de Guzmán and the foundation of the Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia. Patio and Museum.
• Calle de la Imagen , Carmelite convent. Religious literature. Saint Teresa of Jesus .
• Plaza de las Bernardas , next to the Archbishop's Palace. Isabel la Católica and Cristóbal Colón, the first interview.
• Palace Square . A queen born in Alcalá de Henares: Catalina de Aragón .
• Plaza del Herrezuelo , women and the Inquisition. The «witch» María Santos.
• Chapel of the Oidor , old parish of Santa María. The Women in Don Quixote.
• Cervantes Square . Patio of the former Hospedería de Estudiantes. Francisca de Pedraza , a woman and the University against abuse in the seventeenth century.
• San Diego Square . In front of the facade of the University. Women and the University. María Isidra Quintina de Guzmán y de la Cerda .

Meeting point: Open in Google Maps

How to find me: We will be next to the entrance door to the old Antezana Hospital, on Calle Mayor, 46