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Alonso de Mendoza
Spanish conquistador
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founder of La Paz
- In La Paz
…Peace”) by the conquistador Captain Alonso de Mendoza on the site of an Inca village, the city was renamed La Paz de Ayacucho in 1825, in commemoration of the last decisive battle in the wars of independence. The seat of national government was established there in 1898, but Sucre remains…
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