The Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones Recoleta is a private Catholic school in La Molina District, Lima, Peru.
On September 23, 1884, at the request of a large group of notable people from Lima's society, the Minister of Peru in Chile sent a request to the priest Julio M, Provincial of the Houses of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in South America, asking him to establish a modern educational establishment in Lima.
After the request was accepted in principle, the priest contacted the then Minister of Justice, Mariano Castro Zaldívar [es], for the legal part of the establishment, and with the Charity of Lima to determine the area of the land that he would offer for sale.
[citation needed] On February 20, 1885, the then Minister of Government, Juan de Aliaga y Puente, issued a Supreme Resolution authorizing the opening of the school.
In 1942, it inherited a building previously owned by former pupil Riva Agüero,[1] located at the corner of El Sol and Progreso avenues.