The building of the University's Faculty of Geography and History is built on the site of a Jesuit college, which was transferred to the academic institution after Charles III decreed the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767.
The faculty, inaugurated in 1805, follows the neoclassical traces of the architect Melchor de Prado. Since then it has undergone successive reforms and extensions, marked above all by the objective of providing space for students; thus, the first floor was built between 1894 and 1904, a reform carried out on the initiative of the Compostela jurist and politician Eugenio Montero Ríos.
Inside the building, it is worth mentioning the auditorium, decorated with frescoes by José María Fenollera and Urbano González, inaugurated in the academic year 1906-07. The room, little known to the public, houses one of the copies of Domingo Fontán's Geometric Chart, printed in 1834. Also noteworthy is the Reading Room, inspired by monastic libraries.
Its terraces, like the Gaiás and the towers of the Cathedral, offer spectacular views of Santiago.
