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CITY OF PERU

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tro()IJS, wherein oecured the oubbreak of the Revolution called Pu.

ma Kooahua, on Augus.t 3, 1814.

The Li.berator Bolivar, founder

tbe Sehool of Science, dona·

ted as a site that whicih

WM!

formerly

a convent and centralized

all the other

institutions of learning, including

the University

then in the Seminary, where it ha11 remained since the :y-ear 1866.

Pope Inoceneio XII

institute.d the University

of San Anto·

nio Abad del Cuzco -0n the lst of March li92, recognized

.by

law

of Congress June lOth, 1828.

The present University has fourr faculties: -

Jurisprndence,

Political Science, Economics

Philosophy; Letters

History and

P·hysieal and Natural Sci'ence, giv.in.g degrees of B. A. and Dootor.

The

plan of

study is the sairoe ais :the University of Liana. There

are

twen.ty

professors. It publishes a University Review, inter–

cha

nged wi

th both foreign and doméstic publications of the same

nature. There are 170 studentis ait present.

The bronz

tai

¡i,

een iltl

he entra<lliCeJ des!gned by Mendizá·

bal, represen : (1) ']

a Huira Glcocha, victor of the Chancas,

with lairoo in h na

t'he acl of éa1liing to arms.

(2) The Incruic

wa.rrior Cahuid

~hing

a.gainst the Spaniards.

The seco

door commun6cates tlle porti(lo with the cloisteu

an·d the beautiful patio.

ote the beautiful ;pillars and arches.

To the left of the entrance wil.1 be seen a stone meaisurin.g two

meters h

igh by 5

0 centimeters wide. On this was written t'he sen–

tence of

Gonza.lo

Pizarro.

Its

~ettering

has

a~most

disappeared,

although

it has si

nce been xe-traced. Next to it is a stone recently

brought from Ollantaitairobo with .corner tracings of musical ins·

truments.

Here

yoUJ will also ifin·d an entrance to the Museurm

of the

Univexsity. It was formerly the

Library of

the Jesuits, and on its

shelves will still be found severa]

writin.gs

in Latin and Greek.

In the antechamber of the Museum,

now used as a referencc

room and ooowpiod by Dr. Valeárcel, is another statue by Mendi·

zábal, represelllting one of the wives of rt:Jhe Inca Manco II, titled

Ccori Oecllo, who before acceding to the wishes of the Conqueror