Diego de Almagro

27.1.10 We had to push ourselves to leave this lovely hotel in which everything was working. It was so luxurious, even the pile in the carpet was deep and new. Our aim was to travel about 320 kilometers to cross into Bolivia this day, and rest for the ...

... vertelt hij de verhalen van de heden en verleden. De conquistadores die Chili lang links hebben laten liggen omdat ene Diego de Almagro was wezen kijken in het noorden van het land waar niets anders dan woestijn is. Hij vertelde de Spanjaarden dat er ...

... SITES declared by UNESCO  in 1978 ndigenous resistance to the spanish invasion continued during 1534, with Diego de Almagro, founding Santiago de Quito (in present day Colta, near Riobamba on August 15, 1534, later to be ...

... Probably the highlight of this church as it shelters the remains of two extremely important persons of Peruvian history: the conquistadors Diego de Almagro and Gonzalo Pizarro. WOW… a lot of history today, but as this wasn’t enough already we ...

... and silver extracted in the Viceroyalty of Peru to the port of Buenos Aires. The first conquistador to venture into the area was Diego de Almagro in 1536. In 1582 Salta was founded by Hernando de Lerma. We walk to the centre for a quick visit to the ...

... Magellan discovered the southern passage now named after him, the Strait of Magellan. The next Europeans to reach Chile were Diego de Almagro and his band of Spanish conquistadors, who came from Peru in 1535 seeking gold. Now, like Argentina, Chile has ...

... più Coricancha bensì  Convento di San Domingo; non più Atahualpa ma Pizarro; non più Huayna Capac ma Diego de Almagro.  A questo penso, guardando dal balcone istoriato del ristorantino sulla Plaza de Armas, proprio di fianco alla cattedrale, ...

... to the Cathedral where another guide from the agency showed us around. Francisco Pizarro is buried there. He was killed by Diego de Almagro; some of his followers secretly buried him. Many years later a body was discovered, assumed to be his and reburied ...

... even need their own “ascensores” ! Lunch at a nice café ( more pisco sours ! ) and its time to head back, as we are catching the bus to Santiago, to overnight in the DIEGO DE ALMAGRO airport hotel, in readiness to fly to Cusco tomorrow ...