page_title: Casona of the National University of San Marcos
section_title: History of the building
hierarchical_section_title: Casona of the National University of San Marcos / History of the building
caption_attribution_description: English: The Casona de San Marcos and the Plazuela de San Marcos, in 1925, in Lima, Lima Region, Peru.
context_page_description: The Casona de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos is a large Colonial building in the city of Lima, Lima Region, Peru, where the main cultural center of the University of San Marcos operates. It currently houses various entities of importance to the university institution as a whole, such as: the Museum of Art, the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, the University Theater of San Marcos, the España de las Artes Library and the directions of Ballet, Folklore, Music, Film and Television, Band and Orchestra, and Tourism. The set of the "Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos" -which includes the famous "University Park" on its outside-, of undeniable historical and cultural importance for the city, it is part of the area and of the list of buildings of the historic center of Lima that were recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, in 1988.
  La Casona de San Marcos is one of the most important buildings of Lima, both from the historical and architectural point of view.
context_section_description: The history of the Casona begins the year 1605, when Antonio Correa Ureña gives the Jesuits an important donation for the construction of their novitiate, built to educate and train the new members of the Society of Jesus. At this time, the dimensions of the novitiate that was called that of San Antonio Abad, was five or even six times larger than the current size of La Casona. After being partially destructed by the earthquake of 1746 the Jesuits rebuilt it again, with a new design, completing the current building. In 1767 three years after the expulsion of the Jesuit order, Viceroy of Peru Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent founded the Real Convictorio de San Carlos, a type of university, in the former ecclesiastical building, in honor to the Bourbon King Charles III of Spain. This college reached great apogee from the end-18th century until 19th century.
  After the proclamation of the independence, in 1821, the college continues its work with an almost complete autonomy with respect to the University of San Marcos, until in 1867 it decrees the inclusion of the college of San Carlos and of the Independencia (San Fernando) into it.
  Since the transfer of the university, La Casona remained a place of great historical value and importance not only for the university but for the city of Lima. Since the Casona suffered a damage caused by the earthquake of 1966, the university was transferred to the new University City, its current main headquarters. So the set of La Casona were enabled to lodge the institutions of cultural extension of the university.
  In 1989, the National University of San Marcos, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and the National Institute of Culture signed a cooperation agreement Peru-Spain to restore the architectural set and to be dedicated to culture, research and artistic creations. The works were carried out with the economic and technical support of the Spanish Cooperation.
  At present, the Casona houses the San Marcos Cultural Center, which offers cultural extension courses, exhibitions and is home to several university museums and research centers. Inside La Casona highlights the Hall of Degrees (old Chapel of Loreto), where the official ceremonies of the doctorates "honoris cause" that the university grants are realized; the General Hall and the courts of Law, that of Letters, that of Sciences, that of the Jasmines and that of Boys.
  Also currently houses the Museum of Art of the University of San Marcos.
caption: La Casona de San Marcos and its chapel in 1925.
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