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Decorative tiles on exterior of the Universidad de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Almagro, Spain, showing the Great Seal of the University, 1574, being the arms of the House of Fernández de Córdoba impaling Mendoza, Duke of Infantado. Arms of the Dominican Order ("Spanish Tradition") above. Tiles possibly 19th c.?

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Shields on exterior of the Universidad de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Almagro

Three sculpted shields contemporaneous with the building appear nearby

  • Dexter (viewer's left): Coat of arms Cabra, being arms of Diego Fernández de Córdoba and Carrillo de Albornoz, II Count of Cabra, II Viscount of Iznájar and IV Lord of Baena, father of Friar Fernando Fernández de Córdova y Mendoza (d.1550), Clavero of the Order of Calatrava, the founder of the Universidad de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, a Dominican institution in the City of Almagro. The Friar's eldest brother was Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza (1460-1525)
  • Sinister (viewer's right): Coat of arms of María Hurtado de Mendoza y Luna, youngest daughter of the II Marquis of Santillana and I Duke of Infantado. Arms of Mendoza, Duke of Infantado impaling Luna (A fess in chief a crescent inverted a bordure of panelas). She was the mother of Friar Fernando Fernández de Córdova y Mendoza (d.1550), Clavero of the Order of Calatrava, the founder of the Universidad de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, a Dominican institution in the City of Almagro.
  • The Cross at top is the Dominican Cross - a later panel made from decorative tiles affixed on the wall nearby shows the coat of arms of the Dominican Order ("Spanish Tradition"), with Dominican Cross. Similar to the Cross of Calatrava (also in the arms of the City of Almagro). The building works concluded in 1538 and its final occupation took place in 1539
Date 19th c. ?
Source Cropped from File:Almagro Universidad Nuestra Señora del Rosario 288.jpg by User:GFreihalter
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