Alonso de Mendoza

Alonso de Mendoza
Mendoza on a Bolivian stamp
Personal details
Bornc. 1471 or 1476
Garrovillas de Alconétar, Spain
Died26 June 1549 (age about 75)
Tipuani, Bolivia
NationalitySpaniard

Alonso de Mendoza (c. 1471/76 – 26 June 1549) 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.

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