San Cristóbal of Huamanga University
The National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga) is a public university located in the city of Ayacucho (formerly known as Huamanga) in southern Peru.
History
The university was established in 1677 by Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora, the Catholic archbishop of La Plata o Charcas. Until it was closed in the mid-19th century, it operated mostly as a seminary for the training of Catholic priests. The government of Perú reopened it in 1959 as a national university.
In the 1960s, the university became a breeding ground for communist organizations, including the Shining Path. This group, led by philosophy professor Abimael Guzmán, started there before growing into a violent guerrilla movement that conducted a bloody campaign against the government of Perú and against rival leftists groups. (See also Efraín Morote Best.)
The rector of the university is Homero Ango Aguilar, a biologist.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Rector". Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
External links
- (in Spanish) Official website
- (in Spanish) Ayacucho República Aristocrática photo gallery
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