This is where Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) was founded

Colegio Mayor Sto Tomas de Aquino façade

This humble building is where Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, USAC, was founded as part of Francisco Marroquí­n’s wish and will. The USAC was the third university founded in the American continent, right after Mexico’s and Peru’s universities. It was founded by the name of Colegio Mayor de Santo Tomás, the School of Saint Thomas, on 1562 and it was officially declared a university on January 31st, 1676 by royal command of King Charles II of Spain.

Nowadays, the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala is considered one of the best public universities in Central America. It is the only public university in the country (source Wikipedia).

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