Leaving Plaza del Obradoiro towards Rúa do Franco, we come across Colegio de Fonseca, which may be considered the first real building belonging to the University of Santiago de Compostela, since it was founded in 1522 by the archbishop Alonso Fonseca III. It belongs to the Renaissance style, with an altarpiece-like façade depicting James the Less, the patron saint of this school that housed students of privileged birth during centuries. Inside there is one of Compostela´s most beautiful cloisters and a `Sala de Grados´ (Graduation Hall) with an impressive coffered ceiling of fine wood. It used to house the `Padre Sarmiento´ Seminar of Galician Studies (whose members wrote the first draft of Galicia´s Autonomy Statute) and the first democratic parliament in 1982. It now houses the valuable University Library, with more than 300,000 volumes and 150 incunabula.