About the course

The course was created by a professor who studied at the University of Salamanca, one of the oldest universities in the world, founded in 1218.

It was in Salamanca, in 1492, that Professor Antonio de Nebrija published his Grammar of the Castilian Language, a precursor, among other things, of this course.

At the same time, Christopher Columbus’s plan to find a western route to the Indies was discussed in Salamanca. Here he gained the support of the Dominican Diego de Deza, who played an important part in the fate of the future expedition.

Hernán Cortés spent part of his youth and received his education in Salamanca. Later, the expeditions of Cortés and his relative Francisco Pizarro changed the history of the Americas, while the Spanish language spread far beyond Spain.

The name of Miguel de Cervantes is also linked to Salamanca. His Don Quixote became one of the most widely published and translated works of world literature.

More than five centuries later, we continue to delight in the music of the language of great travellers, warriors and poets who changed the world.