College of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The College of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a secular public education school in Lima, Peru. Originally founded on Chacarilla Street in the Guadalupe neighbourhood on November 14, 1840, it moved in 1909 to its current location on Alfonso Ugarte Avenue, built during the government of Augusto B. Leguía.

College of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Primer Colegio Nacional Benemérito de la República Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Location
Avenida Alfonso Ugarte s/n, Lima, Lima

Peru
Information
MottoGuadalupe, Crisol y antorcha de peruanidad
(Guadalupe, Crucible and torch of Peruvianness)
Religious affiliation(s)Secular
Established14 November 1840 (1840-11-14)
FoundersDomingo Elías, Nicolás Rodrigo
School districtUGEL 03 – Lima
DirectorDr. Oscar Walter Tello Rodríguez
GenderMale
LanguageSpanish
Colour(s)
Websitecolegioguadalupe.edu.pe

The college has played an important function in the doctrinal, intellectual and political life of Peru. Many of its alumni have stood out in different professional fields.

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