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created at the end of the

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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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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

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, in 1822. After its reopening, it worked without issues until 1866, when it became the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of the

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Notable alumni

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