The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico was a university founded on 21 September 1551 by Royal Decree signed by Charles I of Spain, in Valladolid, Spain. It is generally considered one of the fi
Shield in the present-day Palacio de la Autonomía
UNAM library
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
Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico
…in Valladolid, Spain. It is generally considered one of the first universities founded in North America and second in the Americas (preceded by the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, chartered on May 12 of the same year, and the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, formerly known as the Royal College of…
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