National University Major San Marcos (UNMSM), founded by the Dominicans in 1551, is the oldest in the Americas. Among its historic premises, there are four times the centenary Casona de San Marcos, in central Lima, which is now the Cultural Center of the University.
La Casona is actually a former Jesuit novitiate, founded in 1605 and rebuilt after the earthquake of 1746. The Jesuits were expelled from Peru in 1767, but the Casona continued to be a place of instruction, before being incorporated into the San Marcos . It maintains the typical architecture of the Vice-Kingdom, with balustrades and wooden columns of its five courtyards: Letras patio, patio de Ciencias, Patio de Derecho ...
The Show Grados is an old chapel whose ceiling is painted entirely in a very particular style, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Today, that's where graduations realize the most prestigious titles of doctor honoris causa. Unlike France where party more success in competitions and thus entering a high school in Peru as in the American system is graduation and the ceremony graduacion that count. Families who are keen to capture the moment in Show Grados must spend a lot for this ...
The amphitheater where DSK answered students' questions (video of the previous article) has particular historical significance. He recalled that the university was an intellectual, and contributed to the country's independence, and during the Pacific war, Chilean troops occupied Lima in 1881-1883 have stationed their troops, the amphitheater is transformed into a stable ...
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