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Alonso de Mendoza
Mendoza on a Bolivian stamp
Personal details
Bornc. 1471 or 1476
Garrovillas de Alconétar, Spain
DiedJune 26, 1549 (age about 75)
Tipuani, Bolivia
NationalitySpaniard
Statue of Mendoza in La Paz

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.

  1. ^ Martín, Cándido Serradilla; Nieto, Dionisio Á Martín; Caballero, Santiago Molano (2015). "Los hermanos Alonso de Mendoza y Juan de Ávalos (Fundadores de la Paz y Santiago de Chile), nacidos en Garrovillas de Alconétar". Revista de Estudios Extremeños. 71 (3): 1891–1948.

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