National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: University of Santo Tomas

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

FOUNDED IN 1611 BY LEGACY OF ARCHBISHOP MIGUEL DE BENAVIDES. AUTHORIZED TO CONFER DEGREES IN 1624. GRANTED UNIVERSITY PRIVILEGES IN 1645 BY INNOCENT X UPON PHILIP IV’S REQUEST. MADE A ROYAL UNIVERSITY IN 1785 BY CHARLES III AND A PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY IN 1902 BY LEO XIII. OLDEST UNIVERSITY UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

University of Santo Tomas

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