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Petrineros side, arch 13
Alfonso IX of León
Placed on 4 August 2023 for the 800 years of the University of Salamanca. It is the most recent medallion set in the square.
- Sculptor
- Óscar Alvariño
- Year
- 2023
- Where it is
- Petrineros side, arch 13
Both arches next to it, 12 and 14, have their stone circle carved and the face left blank. The 21 blank ones
Who he was
1171–1230 King of León and Galicia from 1188 to 1230
Alfonso IX was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University of Salamanca in 1218. In 1188 he summoned the first parliament reflecting the fullest representation of the citizenry ever seen in Western Europe, the Cortes of León.
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