University of Guanajuato
Lascuráin de Retana No. 5, Centro Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Lascuráin de Retana No. 5, Centro Guanajuato, Guanajuato
About University of Guanajuato
It is one of the oldest in Latin America, which first opened in the eighteenth century as a Jesuit school. It is built in a green stone neoclassical main building to which you ascend a staircase of 113 steps. It currently houses the rectory and administrative offices, as well as a church and museum of natural history. At this University is credited with creating the Cervantes Festiva.
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