The Real Convictorio de San Carlos, or Convictorio de San Carlos after independence, was a

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created at the end of the Viceroyalty of Peru and which survived until the first decades of the Peruvian Republic. It was housed at the ''

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''. A conservative school, it had a longstanding rivalry with the more liberal

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. It was established in 1770 by a royal decree of

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Manuel de Amat y Junyent Manuel de Amat y Junyent, OSJ, OM ( ca, Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent) (March 1707 – February 14, 1782) was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator. He was the Royal Governor of the Captaincy General of Chile from December 28, 1755 ...

that merged the defunct colleges of San Martín and San Felipe after the expulsion of the

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s. It was closed in October 1817, but later reopened after the independence of Peru, in 1822. After its reopening, it worked without issues until 1866, when it became the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of the National University of San Marcos.

Notable alumni

Antonio Arenas Antonio Arenas Merino (July 13, 1808, Lima – December 27, 1891 ) was Peruvian politician. He served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies President of the Chamber of Deputies may refer to: * List of presidents of the Argentine Chamber ...

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* Benjamín Boza * Manuel Candamo *

José Gálvez Egúsquiza José Gabriel Gálvez Egúsquiza (Cajamarca, March 17, 1819 - Callao, May 2, 1866) was a Peruvian lawyer, professor and liberal politician. During the presidential government of Mariano Ignacio Prado he was Secretary—i.e. Minister—of War and ...

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* Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza *

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Manuel González Prada Jose Manuel de los Reyes González de Prada y Ulloa (Lima, January 5, 1844 – Lima, July 22, 1918) was a Peruvian politician and anarchist, literary critic and director of the National Library of Peru. He is well remembered as a social criti ...

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* Ricardo Palma *

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Felipe Santiago Salaverry Felipe Santiago de Salaverry (1805 in Lima, Peru – February 19, 1836 in Arequipa, Peru) was a Peruvian soldier and politician who served as the 6th President of Peru. He studied in the College of San Carlos in Lima. When José de San Martí ...

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* Manuel Irigoyen Larrea

References

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