Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco

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The Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco was a 16th-century Franciscan college in Mexico City that became the first institution of higher learning for Indigenous elites in the Americas, notable for its role in early colonial education and Nahuatl scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Franciscan college
college
educational institution
historical institution
alsoKnownAs Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
surface form: Colegio de Tlatelolco

Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
surface form: Colegio de la Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
architecturalStyle colonial architecture
associatedWith Bernardino de Sahagún
Florentine Codex
early Nahuatl chronicles
continent North America
country Mexico
Viceroyalty of New Spain
dedicatedTo Holy Cross
fieldOfStudy Latin grammar
Nahuatl
surface form: Nahuatl language

classical languages
music
philosophy
rhetoric
theology
foundedBy Franciscan Order
Fray Andrés de Olmos
Fray Juan de Zumárraga
Fray Pedro de Gante
hasStudent Alonso Vegerano
Antonio Valeriano
Bartolomé de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl
Diego Valadés
heritage important site in the history of Indigenous education in the Americas
inception 1536
inceptionCentury 16th century
locatedIn Mexico
Mexico City
Tlatelolco altepetl
surface form: Tlatelolco
notableFor Nahuatl scholarship
being the first institution of higher learning for Indigenous elites in the Americas
early colonial education of Nahua nobility
training Indigenous assistants for missionaries
partOf Franciscan educational network in New Spain
primaryLanguageOfInstruction Latin
Nahuatl
purpose educate sons of Indigenous nobility
prepare Indigenous students for priesthood and administrative roles
region Valley of Mexico
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Franciscan Order
surface form: Franciscans
status defunct

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Tlatelolco hasSite Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
Florentine Codex associatedWith Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
this entity surface form: College of Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco alsoKnownAs Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
this entity surface form: Colegio de la Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco alsoKnownAs Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
this entity surface form: Colegio de Tlatelolco
Plaza de las Tres Culturas hasPart Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
Santiago Tlatelolco church adjacentTo Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco