FIRST University in the Americas - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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N 18° 28.272 W 069° 53.123
19Q E 406520 N 2042547
On this spot a visitor can observe the beautiful building where the first university of the New World was founded back in 1518.
Waymark Code: WM15WCW
Location: Dominican Republic
Date Posted: 03/08/2022
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"St. Thomas Aquinas University (Spanish: Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino; today the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, UASD), is arguably the first institution of higher education in the Americas. It was founded by papal bull in 1538 in Santo Domingo, in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, present-day Dominican Republic, although it didn't have the official certification by the king of Spain until 1558. The headquarters of the university was the Church and Convent of los Dominicos. It was closed in 1801 and in 1823, being reopened as a new iteration in 1914."
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