Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spanish colony, it was the only university in Guatemala until 1954, although it continues to hold distinction as the only public university in the entire country.
Saint Carlo Borromeo, by Giovanni Ambrogio Figino. Oil on canvas, 41 × 48 cm. Biblioteca Ambrosiana. The University of San Carlos was established under his protection on 31 January 1676.
Section of the memorial to the first University in the city of Antigua Guatemala
Antonio Liendo y Goicoechea, a Franciscan friar, reformed education at the university. He was a professor of most of the eventual leaders of the Central American independence.
Doctor Mariano Gálvez during his gubernatorial term as Head of State of Guatemala. He founded the agnostic Science Academy in substitution of the religious University of San Carlos. He is buried in the museum of the university – formerly College of Law.
Francisco Marroquín was the first bishop of Guatemala, translator of Central American languages and provisional Governor of Guatemala.
Francisco Marroquín on a Guatemalan stamp
