The Basilica and Convent of Our Lady of the Rosary, commonly known as the Convent of Santo Domingo, is a Catholic religious complex located in the city of Lima, Peru.
Complete view of the basilica and convent
Monk holding clapper of bell in the belfry of the Basilica of Santo Domingo, circa 1923
Cloister and bell tower
Chapel
The National University of San Marcos is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. In the Americas, it is the first officially established and the oldest continuously operatin
Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo, Lima
…Our Lady of the Rosary and is located in the Historic Centre of Lima. It houses the relics of Rose of Lima and Martin de Porres, and was also where the University of San Marcos, officially the first Peruvian university and the oldest university in the Americas, began to function in the 16th century. The construction of the…
Oil referring to the founding of the University of San Marcos
The chapter house in the Convent of the Rosario of the Dominicans
The First Constituent Congress of Peru was chaired by Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza on September 20, 1822.
Then President Augusto Leguía after a speech at the university