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image located by Ivan Sache, 1 May 2018Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas (UNTRM) was 
established in Chachapoyas (Amazonas) by Law No. 27,347 enacted on 18 September 
2000. The Consejo Nacional para la Autorización de Universidades (CONAFU) 
allowed the initiation of academic work by Resolution No 114, adopted on 25 May 
2001. UNTRM was managed by commissions appointed by CONAFU until granted 
complete autonomy by Resolution No. 627, adopted on 27 November 2009 by CONAFU. 
The first executive of UMTNR, elected on 21 November 2009, was recognized by 
Resolution No. 598, adopted on 24 November 2009 by CONAFU.
UNTRM is named 
for Alejandro Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza Collantes (1750-1825)), one of the 
most famous precursors of the Republic of Peru. Graduated in theology at the 
Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Marcos in Lima, Toribio Rodríguez de 
Mendoza served as a Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the Real Convictorio 
de San Carlos. He was eventually appointed Rector of the university. 
In his 
teaching, Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza spread modern ideas; his disciples and 
friends founded the Sociedad Filantrópica, an anti-monarchist society that 
publicized the American revolution. Elected Representative of Trujillo, he 
presided the preliminary sessions of the first Constituent Congress, held in 
1822 Dean of the College of Lawyers of Lima, Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza is the 
namesake of the medal awarded by the Constitutional Court of Peru to people or 
institutions who have significantly contributed to the defense of the 
Constitution and human rights. He is also the namesake of a province of 
Amazonas.
UNTRM is composed of seven Faculties (Social Sciences and 
Humanities; Health Sciences; Engineering and Agronomic Sciences; Civil and 
Environmental Engineering; Zootechnical, Agro-economical and Biotechnological 
Engineering; Economical and Administrative Sciences; Systems Engineering and 
Electro-mechanics) and three Research Institutes (Instituto de Investigación de 
Arqueología y Antropología "Kuelap" - INAAK; Instituto de Investigación para el 
Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva - INDES-CES; and Instituto de 
Investigación en Ganadería y Biotecnología - IGBI)
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/ 
UNTRM website
The flag of UNTRM is dark blue with the university's 
emblem. On the flag, the border of the emblem is blue with white letters, as 
opposed to the self-standing emblem.
Photos
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/1536-untrm-otorga-grados-academicos-y-titulos-profesionales-a-egresados.html
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/1365-appa-2017-concentro-a-mas-de-600-asistentes.html
https://www.facebook.com/untrm.a/photos/pcb.912274015594358/912273452261081/?type=3&theater
http://www.regionpiura.gob.pe/index.php?pag=17&id=14621 
http://www.guidoaguila.com/n.php?p=3478 
The emblem of UNTRM is 
composed of:
- letter "U", for "Universidad";
- the monolith, representing 
an antique figure of the Chachapoya culture and symbolizing the civilization, 
arts and creations of the ancient Amazonians;
- two stylized grass snakes, as 
represented on the walls of the archeological site of Luya [Kuélap fortress;
https://static.independent.co.uk/.../kuelap-snakes.jpg - Photo], which were 
the main elements of the Chachapoya's cosmovision;
- a rhomb (in base) 
representing the main archaeological monument of Amazonas, the Kuélap fortress [http://peru-tripadvisors.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/8.jpg 
- Photo].
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/la-universidad/logotipo.html UNTRM website
Kuélap, a mountaintop fortress city, rivals any ruins in the new world and 
comes complete with living quarters for thousands of residents and a stone wall 
fortification reaching 60 feet high running in circumference to the city. Kuélap 
is considered the largest stone ruin site in the New World and is comprised of 
massive stone blocks nearly 10-times the volume of the blocks used in the Giza 
Pyramid.
The fortress of Kuélap consists of massive exterior stone walls 
containing more than four hundred buildings. The structure, situated on a ridge 
overlooking the Utcubamba Valley in northern Peru, is roughly 600 meters in 
length and 110 meters in width and is thought to have been built to defend 
against the Huari or other hostile peoples. Archaeological evidence shows that 
the structure was built around 500 AD and occupied until the mid-1500s (Early 
Colonial period). Nearby the ruins can be found “purunmachus” or stone tombs 
built in the shape of people that would have housed the mummified remains of 
Chachapoyas royalty.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kuelap-fortress-chachapoyas-peru Atlas 
Obscura
Before 2015/2016, UNTRM used a different emblem, oval with a 
colored representation of the monolith. The flag of the university was white, 
charged with the emblem, but with the border celestial blue instead of golden 
yellow on the self-standing emblem, and the lettering white instead of black. 
The flag with the old emblem was still seen in use on photos taken in 2017.
Photos
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/1371 
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/1191
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/1156 
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/834 
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/810
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/720 
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/647
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/552 
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/456
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/es/noticias/455
https://www.untrm.edu.pe/en/facultades/ingenieria-y-ciencias-agrarias/ 
https://www.inei.gob.pe/prensa/noticias/
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2018