TY - ADVS TI - University of Santo Tomas KW - Schools, colleges, and universities KW - Intramuros, Manila KW - 1910 KW - coconut trees KW - intramuros KW - luzon KW - manila KW - miguel de benavides KW - palms KW - plaza santo tomas KW - santo domingo church KW - schuffman KW - sto. domingo church KW - sto. tomas KW - university of santo tomas KW - schools KW - universities KW - educational institutions N1 - Photo shows the old university building in Intramuros. The school was founded by Fr. Miguel Benavides, O.P. on April 28, 1611, originally named Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. Later it became Colegio de Santo Tomas, in honor of the great Dominican theologian St. Thomas Aquinas. It was made a university in 1645. (Source: Philippine Architecture during the Pre-Spanish and Spanish Periods, Norma Alarcon, 1991); print UR - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=AR00405 UR - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/AR/AR00405a.jpg UR - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/AR/AR00405a.jpg ER -