University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary Building
The University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary Building currently houses the Santísimo Rosario Parish, the Central Seminary, and the Faculties of Ecclesiastical Studies of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila. The parish was canonically inaugurated on April 26, 1942, by Michael J. O'Doherty, the Archbishop of Manila. On January 25, 2010, the National Museum of the Philippines formally declared the Central Seminary Building as a National Cultural Treasure.
Central Seminary with the University field
The chancel of the parish church
Central Seminary Building
View from Gonzales Drive
University of Santo Tomas
The University of Santo Tomas, officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila or colloquially as USTè, is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Miguel de Benavides, third Archbishop of Manila, it has the oldest extant university charter in Asia and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. It is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System that is run by the Order of Preachers.
The Escritura de la Fundación del Colegio de Santo Tomás (Foundation Act) of 1611 stored in the UST Archives
The UST Main Building and the Central Seminary building during in the 1940s.
The liberation of internees in front of the UST Main Building by the Americans in February 1945.
The UST Main Building is the first earthquake-resistant building in Asia.