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Alonso de Córdoba Gómez (1505–1589) was a Spanish nobleman's son who sought his fortune in the Americas. He was born in Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real Province, Spain, and married Olalla of Merlo, also of Valdepeñas. Córdoba arrived with his wife in Peru in 1534, and Chile in 1540 along with Pedro de Valdivia.
The city of La Paz was founded by Spanish settlers on the pre- existing site of Choqueyapu, an ancient Aymara village. It was founded as Nuestra Senora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) by Alonso de Mendoza, commissioned by Pedro de la Gasca, to commemorate the "pacification" of Peru. It was started as a commercial city, lying on the main gold and ...
La Paz was founded on 20 October 1548, by the Spanish conquistador Captain Alonso de Mendoza, at the site of the Inca settlement of Laja as a connecting point between the commercial routes that led from Potosí and Oruro to Lima; the full name of the city was originally Nuestra Señora de La Paz (meaning Our Lady of Peace) in commemoration of ...
He was the son of Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba and father of the historian Pedro de Cordova y Figueroa. He served as lieutenant, captain of infantry and of cavalry in Lota and San Carlos de Austria ; lieutenant general of cavalry and Sargento Mayor of the Captaincy General of Chile .
The plaza was designed in 1558 as part of the rectilinear grid of La Paz by Juan Gutiérrez Paniagua, who was appointed by Corregidor Ignacio de Aranda, to order the city on the north bank of the Choqueyapu River. This region of the city was opposite the existing Spanish settlement, which had numbered about 200 Spaniards with some 5,000 ...
Estadio Roberto Suazo Córdova is a multi-use stadium in La Paz, Honduras. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Municipal Paceño F.C. Has the capacity for 25,000 people. Its considered as one of the biggest stadiums in Honduras.
Alonso de Figueroa y Cordova (1589? in Spain – 1652) was a Spanish soldier who, in the days of the reign of Philip IV of Spain, temporarily carried out the position of Captain General and Royal Governor of Chile, besides president of its Real Audiencia of Chile. His government lasted for 13 months, between April 1649 and May 1650.
Alonso de Mendoza (c. 1471/76 – 26 June 1549) [1] was a Spanish captain, conquistador, and the founder of the city of Nuestra Señora de La Paz. He was appointed by Pedro de la Gasca , the "Peacemaker," to found the city to commemorate the peace in the Peruvian colonies after the defeat of the Pizarro brothers.