Exhibition: “Books and Authors in the Viceroyalty of Peru” at the General Archive of the Indies in Seville

This Friday it was inaugurated in the city of Seville; Spain, the exhibition “Books and Authors in the Viceroyalty in Peru. The legacy of literate culture until Independence”, co-organized by the Cervantes Institute, the Inca Garcilaso Cultural Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru – with the support of the Embassy of Peru in Spain – and the General Archive of the Indies. The exhibition also has the collaboration of the Manuel Ruiz Luque Library Foundation, the University of Seville and the Consulate General of Peru in Seville.

Previously presented in Madrid, Lima and Cádiz, the exhibition brings together in this case half a century of books and documents of special value, many of them treasured in the General Archive of the Indies itself. A set of panels and complementary graphic material allows us to appreciate the exceptional value that the Andean country had as a center of literate culture in South America and its projection in the emancipation process.

The Viceroyalty of Peru was created in 1542, and had Lima or the “City of Kings” as its capital, where the first American university was created (1551) and where the first printing press in South America was also developed, in 1584. The city of Lima, along with Cuzco, former head of the Inca Empire, and other cities in its vast domains also had notable libraries and study centers where their elites were forged.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Peruvian ambassador to Spain, Walter Gutiérrez Camacho, the director of the Cervantes Institute, Luis García Montero and the director of the General Archive of the Indies, Esther Cruces Blanco. The exhibition is curated by Alonso Ruiz Rosas, Marta Ortiz Canseco and Teresa López Arandia, occupies part of the first floor of the historic premises of the General Archive of the Indies, and will remain open to the public until June 12, 2024. Admission is free until the capacity is complete.

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