Introduction to the University of Salamanca: The University of Salamanca is one of the most important buildings in Salamanca and one of the artistic treasures of the Spanish Renaissance. The university headquarters was built in 1218 by Afonso IX de Leon, and later renovated by Afonso X Sabio, and officially opened in 1254. The courses offered by the school include religious law 3 lectures and lectures on grammar, humanities and physics. The University of Salamanca was one of the academic leadership centers in Europe from its establishment until the end of the 16th century, as famous as the University of Paris, the University of Bologna and the University of Oxford. The school had been a Christian school before 1835, but later Gradually secularized.