University of Salamanca

It is the oldest university in Spain that currently exists and one of the four oldest in Europe currently open, after those in Bologna, Oxford and Paris (today La Sorbonne)., established in 1218, was at that time the second oldest in Spain, following the general study of Palencia (founded between 1208 and 1214) and was also the first European educational institution to obtain the title of University by a bull of Alexander IV in 1255. On the cover of this building is the frog of Salamanca which is an ornamental detail, which has over time gained importance, until it is an icon of the city. This is the representation of a small frog above a skull. Among the plateresque detail of the university facade, and among its iconographic program, this ornament is popularly sought, which has over time gained prominence. On the fate of the one who sees first, from among a group, the frog has been described numerous legends.

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