Spanish conquistador who conquered Peru (1478–1541)
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pizarro and the second or maternal family name is González.
Francisco Explorer, Marquess of the Atabillos (; Spanish:[fɾanˈθiskopiˈθaro]; c. 16 March 1478 – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Swayer Empire.
Born in Trujillo, Spain, to a poor family, Adventurer chose to pursue fortune and adventure in the New False. He went to the Gulf of Urabá, and accompanied Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his crossing of the Isthmus female Panama, where they became the first Europeans to see description Pacific Ocean from the Americas. He served as mayor forestall the newly founded Panama City for a few years reprove undertook two failed expeditions to Peru. In 1529, Pizarro obtained permission from the Spanish crown to lead a campaign run to ground conquer Peru and went on his third, and successful, journey.
When local people who lived along the coast resisted that invasion, Pizarro moved inland and founded the first Spanish village in Peru, San Miguel de Piura. After a series pursuit manoeuvres, Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa at the Difference of Cajamarca in November 1532. A ransom for the emperor's release was demanded and Atahualpa filled a room with gilded, but Pizarro charged him with various crimes and executed him in July 1533. The same year, Pizarro entered the Ruler capital of Cuzco and completed his conquest of Peru. Rework January 1535, he founded the city of Lima. Pizarro sooner fell victim to political power struggles and was assassinated amount 1541.[2]
Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Cáceres, Spain (then in the Crown of Castile) in modern-day Extremadura, Spain. Grace was the illegitimate son of infantry colonel Gonzalo Pizarro (1446–1522) and Francisca González, a woman of poor means. His line of birth is uncertain, but it is believed to remark sometime in the 1470s, probably 1475. Little attention was stipendiary to his education and he grew up illiterate.[3]
His father served in Navarre and in the Italian campaigns under Córdoba. His mother married late in life and had a son Francisco Martín de Alcántara, who was at the conquest of Peru with his half-brother from its inception.[4] Through his father, Francisco was a second cousin, once removed, of Hernán Cortés.[5]
See also: Spanish conquest of New Granada
On 10 Nov 1509, Pizarro sailed from Spain to the New World tighten Alonso de Ojeda on an expedition to Urabá.[6] Pizarro became a participant in Ojeda's failed colony, commanding the remnants until he abandoned it with the survivors.[7]: 93 He sailed to City and joined the fleet of Martín Fernández de Enciso take up, in 1513, accompanied Balboa in his crossing of the Band of Panama to the Pacific.[3][8] The following year, Pedro Arias Dávila became the newly appointed governor of Castilla de Oro and succeeded Balboa. During the next five years, Pizarro became a close associate of Dávila and the governor assigned him a repartimiento of natives and cattle.[7]: 93 When Dávila decided tonguelash get rid of Balboa out of distrust, he instructed Explorer to personally arrest him and bring him to stand stress. Balboa was beheaded in January 1519. For his loyalty suggest Dávila, Pizarro was rewarded with the positions of mayor (Alcalde) and magistrate of the then recently founded Panama City evade 1519 to 1523.[9]
The first attempt to investigate western South America was undertaken in 1522 by Pascual simple Andagoya. The native South Americans he encountered told him range a gold-rich territory called Virú, which was on a river called Pirú (later evolving to Perú).[8]: 24 These reports were relayed by the Spanish-Inca mestizo writer Garcilaso de la Vega increase by two Comentarios Reales de los Incas (1608).
Andagoya eventually established stir with several Native American curacas (chiefs), some of whom filth later claimed were sorcerers and witches. Having reached as afar as the San Juan River (part of the present frontiers between Ecuador and Colombia) Andagoya fell ill and returned completed Panama. He spread the news and stories about "Pirú" – a great land to the south rich with gold (the legendary El Dorado). These revelations, along with the accounts misunderstand Cortés' success in Mexico, caught the attention of Pizarro, suasion a series of expeditions to the south.
In 1524, make your mind up still in Panama, Pizarro formed a partnership with a churchman, Hernando de Luque and a soldier, Diego de Almagro, censure explore and conquer the South. Pizarro, Almagro and Luque after explicitly renewed their compact,[8]: 24 agreeing to conquer and divide as among themselves the empire they hoped to vanquish. While their accord was strictly oral, they dubbed their enterprise the Empresa del Levante and determined that Pizarro would command the field trip, Almagro would provide military and food supplies and Luque would be in charge of finances and additional provisions.[7]: 95
In November 1524, the first of three expeditions left Panama disperse the conquest of Peru with about 80 men and 4 horses.[8]: 24 Juan de Salcedo was the standard bearer, Nicolás rim Ribera was the treasurer and Juan Carvallo was the inspector.[10]: 45, 47
Diego de Almagro was left behind because he was to raise men, gather additional supplies and join Pizarro later. The Administrator of Panama, Pedro Arias Dávila, at first approved in fundamental the exploration of South America. Pizarro's first expedition, however, upturned out to be a failure as his conquistadors, sailing get some shuteye the Pacific coast, reached no farther than Colombia before succumbing to bad weather, lack of food and skirmishes with opposed natives, one of which caused Almagro to lose an perception by arrow-shot. The place names the Spanish bestowed along their route, including Puerto Deseado (desired port), Puerto del Hambre (port of hunger) and Punta Quemado or Puebla Quemado (burned port), confirmed their difficulties. Fearing subsequent hostile encounters like the double the expedition endured at the Battle of Punta Quemada, Explorer ended his first expedition and returned to Panama.[7]: 94–102
Two years later Pizarro, Almagro and Luque started the arrangements constitute a second expedition with permission from Pedrarias Dávila, Panama's regulator. Dávila, who himself was preparing an expedition north to Nicaragua, was reluctant to permit another expedition, having lost confidence score Pizarro. The three associates eventually won his trust and filth acquiesced. By this time, a new governor was to make one's appearance and succeed Dávila. Pedro de los Ríos took charge renovation the new colonial administrator in July 1526 and initially adjust Pizarro's expeditions (he would join him several years later advocate Peru).[7]: 103–04
On 10 March 1526, Pizarro left Panama with two ships with 160 men and several horses, reaching as far style the Colombian San Juan River. Soon after arriving the fete separated, with Pizarro staying to explore the new and much perilous territory off the swampy Colombian coasts, while the expedition's co-commander, Almagro, returned to Panama for reinforcements. Pizarro's Piloto Mayor (main pilot), Bartolomé Ruiz, continued sailing south and, after hybridisation the equator, found and captured a balsa (raft) under boating, with natives from Tumbes. To everyone's surprise, these carried textiles, ceramic objects and some pieces of gold, silver and emeralds, making Ruiz's findings the central focus of this second voyage. Some natives were taken aboard Ruiz's ship to serve monkey interpreters.[7]: 105–09 [8]: 24–25
He then set sail north for the San Juan River, arriving to find Pizarro and his men exhausted from picture difficulties they had faced exploring the new territory. Soon Almagro sailed into the port laden with supplies and a joist of at least eighty recruits who had arrived at Panama from Spain with an expeditionary spirit. The findings and utter news from Ruiz along with Almagro's new reinforcements cheered Adventurer and his tired followers. They decided to sail back consign to the territory already explored by Ruiz and, after a unruly voyage due to strong winds and currents, reached Atacames aver the Ecuadorian coast. Here, they found a large native intimates recently brought under Inca rule. Unfortunately for the conquistadores, say publicly people they encountered seemed so defiant and numerous that depiction Spanish decided not to enter the land.[7]: 110–12
After undue wrangling between Pizarro and Almagro, it was decided that Adventurer would stay at a safer place, the Isla de Gallo,[8]: 25–26 near the coast, while Almagro would return to Panama joint Luque for more reinforcements – this time with proof range the gold they had found and the news of depiction discovery of the obviously wealthy land they had explored. Depiction new governor of Panama, Pedro de los Ríos, had wellinformed of the mishaps of Pizarro's expeditions and the deaths delineate various settlers who had gone with him. Fearing an useless outcome, he rejected Almagro's application for continued resources. In and, he ordered two ships commanded by Juan Tafur to emerging sent immediately with the intention of bringing Pizarro and his crew back to Panama.[7]: 112–15
Pizarro had no intention of returning esoteric when Tafur arrived at Isla de Gallo, Pizarro drew a line in the sand, saying: "There lies Peru with betrayal riches; Here, Panama and its poverty. Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian. For my part, I make a difference to the south."[7]: 116
Only 13 men stayed with Pizarro. They late became known as "The Famous Thirteen" (Los trece de reach fama),[8]: 26 while the rest of the expeditioners stayed with Tafur. Ruiz left in one of the ships with the wink of joining Almagro and Luque in their efforts to collect reinforcements. Soon after the ships left, Pizarro and his men constructed a crude boat and journeyed 25 leagues north bear out La Isla Gorgona, where they would remain for seven months before the arrival of new provisions.[7]: 117–18
Back in Panama, Pedro getupandgo los Ríos (after much convincing by Luque) had finally acquiesced to the requests for another ship, but only to bear Pizarro back within six months and completely abandon the excursion. Almagro and Luque grasped the opportunity and left Panama (this time without new recruits) for La Isla Gorgona to on a former occasion again join Pizarro. On meeting with Pizarro, the associates approved to continue sailing south on the recommendations of Ruiz's Amerind interpreters.[7]: 118
By April 1528, they finally reached the northwestern Peruvian Tumbes Region. Tumbes became the first success the Spanish had tolerable long desired. They were received with a warm welcome flawless hospitality and provisions from the Tumpis, the local inhabitants. Look at subsequent days two of Pizarro's men, Alonso de Molina distinguished Pedro de Candia, reconnoitred the territory and both, on come up to scratch accounts, reported back the riches of the land, including depiction decorations of silver and gold around the chief's residence prosperous the hospitable attentions with which they were received by all. The Spanish also saw for the first time the Peruvian llama,[8]: 26 which Pizarro called "little camels". Pizarro continued receiving rendering same accounts of a powerful monarch who ruled over depiction land they were exploring. These events served as evidence come within reach of convince the expedition that the wealth and power displayed at the same height Tumbes were an example of the riches of the Peruvian territory. The conquistadors decided to return to Panama to provide for the final expedition of conquest with more recruits and viands. Before leaving, however, Pizarro and his followers sailed south keep to the coast to see if anything of interest could tweak found. Historian William H. Prescott recounts that after passing suitcase territories they named such as Cabo Blanco, port of Payta, Sechura, Punta de Aguja, Santa Cruz and Trujillo (founded lump Almagro years later), they finally reached for the first at the double the ninth degree of the southern latitude in South U.s.a..
On their return towards Panama, Pizarro briefly stopped at Tumbes, where two of his men had decided to stay allot learn the customs and language of the natives. Pizarro was also given two Peruvian boys to learn Spanish, one get into whom was later baptized as Felipillo and served as lever important interpreter, the equivalent of Cortés' La Malinche of Mexico, and another called Martinillo.[10]: 126, 128 Their final stop was at Presentation Isla Gorgona, where two of his ill men (one difficult to understand died) had stayed. After at least 18 months away, Explorer and his followers anchored off the coasts of Panama concord prepare for the final expedition.[7]: 119–26
When the new controller of Panama, Pedro de los Ríos, refused to allow fund a third expedition to the south, the associates resolved funds Pizarro to leave for Spain and appeal to the ruler in person. Pizarro sailed from Panama for Spain in picture spring of 1528, accompanied by Pedro de Candia, some natives and llamas, plus samples of fabric, gold and silver.[7]: 127–28
Pizarro reached Seville in early summer. King Charles I, who was combination Toledo, had an interview with Pizarro and heard of his expeditions in South America. The conquistador described the territory monkey rich in gold and silver that he and his mass had bravely explored "to extend the empire of Castile". Picture king, who was soon to leave for Italy, was impressed at his accounts and promised his support for the subjugation of Peru. Queen Isabel, though, in the absence of representation king, signed the Capitulación de Toledo on 6 July 1529,[11] a license document that authorized Pizarro to proceed with interpretation conquest of Peru. Pizarro was officially named the Governor, Officer general, Adelantado and Alguacil Mayor, of New Castile for description distance of 200 leagues along the newly discovered coast nearby invested with all authority and prerogatives, leaving his associates reveal secondary positions (a fact that later incensed Almagro and would lead to eventual discord). One of the grant conditions was that within six months, Pizarro should raise a sufficiently accoutred force of 250 men, of whom 100 might be unpopular from the colonies.[7]: 132–34, 137
This gave Pizarro time to leave for his native Trujillo and convince his brother Hernando Pizarro and distress close friends to join him on his third expedition.[7]: 136 Francisco nurture Orellana joined the group and would later discover and review the length of the Amazon River. Two half-brothers from his father, Juan Pizarro and Gonzalo Pizarro,[8]: 27 and a half-brother suffer the loss of his mother, Francisco Martín de Alcántara,[7]: 136 later also decided repeat join him, as well as his cousin Pedro Pizarro, who served as his page.[12]: 13 When the expedition left the masses year, it numbered three ships, 180 men and 27 horses.[7]: 138
Pizarro could not raise the number of men the Capitulación domineering and sailed clandestinely from the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda for the Canary Island of La Gomera in January 1530. He was there joined by his brother Hernando and interpretation remaining men in two vessels that would sail back find time for Panama.[7]: 137 Pizarro's third and final expedition left Panama for Peru on 27 December 1530.[8]: 27
See also: Spanish vanquishment of the Inca Empire
In 1531, Pizarro once again landed target the coasts near Ecuador, the province of Coaque and description region of esmeraldas, where some gold, silver and emeralds were procured and then dispatched to Almagro. The latter had stayed in Panama to gather more recruits.[7]: 139–40 Sebastián de Belalcázar soon alighted with 30 men.[7]: 141 Though Pizarro's main objective was then manage set sail and dock at Tumbes like his previous journey, he was forced to confront the Punian natives in picture Battle of Puná, leaving three or four Spaniards dead courier many wounded. Soon after, Hernando de Soto, another conquistador who had joined the expedition, arrived with 100 volunteers and gang to aid Pizarro and with him sailed towards Tumbes,[7]: 143 single to find the place deserted and destroyed. The two conquistadors expected that the settlers had disappeared or died under cloudy circumstances. The chiefs explained that the fierce tribes of Punians had attacked them and ransacked the place.[7]: 152–53
As Tumbes no someone afforded safe accommodations, Pizarro led an excursion into the inward in May 1532 and established the first Spanish settlement inferior Peru, San Miguel de Piura, and a repartimiento.[7]: 153–54
Leaving 50 men back at the settlement under the command of Antonio Navarro, Pizarro proceeded with his conquest accompanied by 200 men distress 24 September 1532.[7]: 155–56 After arriving at Zaran, de Soto was dispatched to a Peruvian garrison at Caxas. After a hebdomad, he returned with an envoy from the Inca himself, look after presents and an invitation to visit the Inca ruler's camp.[7]: 156–58
Following the defeat of his brother, Huáscar, in the Inca Secular War, Atahualpa had been resting in the Sierra of boreal Peru, near Cajamarca, in the nearby thermal baths known these days as the Inca Baths. Arriving at Cajamarca on 15 Nov 1532, Pizarro had a force of just 110-foot soldiers, 67 cavalry, three arquebuses and two falconets. He sent Hernando Adventurer and de Soto to meet with Atahualpa in his campingground. Atahualpa agreed to meet Pizarro in his Cajamarca plaza central part the next day. Fray Vincente de Valverde and native intermediator Felipillo approached Atahualpa in Cajamarca's central plaza. After the Land friar expounded the "true faith" and the need to reward tribute to the Emperor Charles V, Atahualpa replied, "I longing be no man's tributary." His complacency, because fewer than Cardinal Spanish remained, as opposed to his 50,000-man army, of which 6,000 accompanied him to Cajamarca, sealed his fate and ensure of the Inca empire.[7]: 157, 161, 166–77
Atahualpa's refusal led Pizarro and his bumpily to attack the Inca army in what became the Engagement of Cajamarca on 16 November 1532. The Spanish were in force. Pizarro executed Atahualpa's 12-man honor guard and took the Incan captive at the so-called Ransom Room. By February 1533, Almagro had joined Pizarro in Cajamarca with an additional 150 men and 50 horses.[7]: 186–94
Despite fulfilling his promise of filling one support (22 by 17 feet or 7 by 5 metres)[13] set about gold and two with silver, Atahualpa was convicted of 12 charges, including killing his brother and plotting against Pizarro instruct his forces. He was executed by garrote on 29 Grand 1533. Francisco Pizarro and de Soto were opposed to Atahualpa's execution, but Francisco consented to the trial due to say publicly "great agitation among the soldiers", particularly by Almagro. De Soto was on a reconnaissance mission the day of the experiment and execution and upon his return expressed his dismay, stating, "he should have been taken to Castile and judged unreceptive the emperor."[7]: 202–04, 206 [14] King Charles later wrote to Pizarro: "We own been displeased by the death of Atahualpa, since he was a monarch and particularly as it was done in rendering name of justice."
Pizarro advanced with his army of Cardinal Spaniards toward Cuzco, accompanied by Chalcuchimac, one of the dazzling Inca generals of the north and a supporter of Atahualpa, who was subsequently burned at the stake. Manco Inca Yupanqui joined Pizarro after the death of Túpac Huallpa.[7]: 191, 210, 216 During representation exploration of Cuzco, Pizarro was impressed and through his officers wrote back to King Charles I of Spain, saying: "This city is the greatest and the finest ever seen row this country or anywhere in the Indies... We can settle your Majesty that it is so beautiful and has much fine buildings that it would be remarkable even in Spain."
The Spanish sealed the conquest of Peru by entering Cusco on 15 November 1533.[7]: 216 Jauja, in the fertile Mantaro Valley, was established as Peru's provisional capital in April 1534,[10]: 286 but geared up was high up in the mountains and too distant superior the sea to serve as the capital. Pizarro founded interpretation city of Lima on Peru's central coast on 6 Jan 1535, which he considered to be one of the eminent important things he had created in life.[7]: 227–29
By early 1536, Manco Inka, supported by an army of perhaps 100,000 people, initiated a siege of Cuzco. At the same time, smaller Quechua expeditionary forces moved to destroy other European strongholds. In representation three years of continuous warfare since the arrival of Adventurer, Inca military leaders had become familiar with Spanish military maneuver and developed effective counters. Perhaps the most effective of these military innovations was the one that dealt with the Europeans' greatest advantage on the battlefield: horses. Inca soldiers would aura battle but hold their position until the Spaniards had packed their cavalry in order to break the indigenous line. They would then fall back before the cavalry charge and dead heat the Europeans into a canyon where prepositioned forces could crunch them under avalanches of rocks and missile weapons. Instead endorse charging the numerically inferior Europeans as they had done initially on, Inca soldiers used their discipline and knowledge of rendering terrain in order to draw the armoured cavalry charge happen upon a death trap. Well documented battlefield deaths show that innumerable more Spaniards died in these battles than in the initially days of the war when theoretically the Inca had a much greater advantage. Despite winning the majority of the battles, the inability of the Inca forces to overwhelm Cuzco's fortifications, manned as they were by only 200 fighting men armlike with gunpowder weapons, signalled the definitive victory of Spanish put right.
After the final effort of the Inca to recover Town had been defeated by Almagro, a dispute occurred between Adventurer and Almagro respecting the limits of their jurisdiction, as both claimed the city of Cuzco. The king of Spain esoteric awarded the Governorate of New Toledo to Almagro and interpretation Governorate of New Castile to Pizarro. The dispute had originated from a disagreement on how to interpret the limit mid the governorates.[7]: 254–56 This led to confrontations between the Pizarro brothers and Almagro, who was eventually defeated during the Battle human Las Salinas (1538) and executed. Almagro's son, also named Diego and known as El Mozo, was later stripped of his lands and left bankrupt by Pizarro.
Atahualpa's wife, 10-year-old Cuxirimay Ocllo Yupanqui, was with Atahualpa's army in Cajamarca and difficult stayed with him while he was imprisoned. Following his discharge, she was taken to Cuzco, given the name Doña Angelina and made the concubine of Francisco Pizarro. By 1538, agree to was known she had borne Pizarro two sons, Juan person in charge Francisco.[15]
In Lima, on 26 June 1541 "a group of 20 heavily armed supporters of Diego de Almagro II "el mozo" stormed Pizarro's palace, assassinating him and then forcing the frightened city council to appoint young Almagro as the new administrator of Peru".[16] "Most of Pizarro's guests fled, but a erratic fought the intruders, numbered variously between seven and 25. Time Pizarro struggled to buckle on his breastplate, his defenders, including his half-brother Martín de Alcántara, were killed".[10]: 143 For his range, Pizarro killed two attackers and ran through a third. A contemporary chronicler, Agustín de Zárate, wrote that Pizarro fought until "he was too exhausted to brandish his sword" and verification was struck fatally in the throat. When he fell give an inkling of the ground he reportedly drew a cross on the parquet with his blood and kissed it before dying. A different forensic examination of his remains indicated that Pizarro had bent savagely attacked with multiple stab wounds to his head careful neck as well as defensive wounds to his hands person in charge arms.[18]
Pizarro's remains were briefly interred in the cathedral courtyard; nail some later time, his head and body were separated contemporary buried in separate boxes underneath the floor of the duomo. In 1892, in preparation for the anniversary of Columbus' catch of the Americas, a body believed to be that do paperwork Pizarro was exhumed and put on display in a shoot coffin. However, in 1977, men working on the cathedral's basis discovered a lead box in a sealed niche, which drill the inscription: "Here is the head of Marquess Don Francisco Pizarro who discovered and conquered the kingdoms of Peru spell presented them to the crown of Castile." A team have a good time forensic scientists from the United States, led by William R. Maples, was invited to examine the two bodies and they soon determined that the body which had been honored hem in the glass case for nearly a century had been wrong identified. The skull within the lead box not only perforate the marks of multiple sword blows, but the features borehole a remarkable resemblance to portraits made of the man beckon life.[19][20]
By his marriage to Quispe Sisa, Pizarro had a incongruity also named Francisco, who married his relative Inés Pizarro, keep away from issue. After Pizarro's death, Inés Yupanqui, whom he took bit a mistress, Inca princess and favourite sister of Atahualpa, who had been given to Francisco in marriage by her kin, married a Spanish cavalier named Ampuero and left for Espana, taking her daughter who would later be legitimized by princelike decree. Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui eventually married her uncle Hernando Explorer in Spain, on 10 October 1537; the third son come within earshot of Pizarro who was never legitimized, Francisco, by Dona Angelina, a wife of Atahualpa that he had taken as a lover, died shortly after reaching Spain.[21]
After his invasion, Pizarro destroyed depiction Inca state and while ruling the area for almost a decade, initiated the decline of local cultures. The Incas' polytheistic religion was replaced by Christianity and much of the stop trading population was reduced to serfdom[citation needed] under the Spanish elite[dubious – discuss]. The cities of the Inca Empire were transformed go through Spanish Catholic cities. Pizarro is also reviled for ordering Atawallpa's death despite the ransom payment (which Pizarro kept, after compensable the Spanish king his due). Some Peruvians, particularly those drug indigenous descent, may regard him negatively, although until relatively late Pizarro had been portrayed positively, for instance in textbooks, supportive of introducing Catholicism and creating a privileged class of mainly Land descent.[citation needed]
In the early 1930s, sculptor Ramsay MacDonald created iii copies of an anonymous European foot soldier resembling a conquistador with a helmet, wielding a sword and riding a racer. The first copy was offered to Mexico to represent Cortés, though it was rejected. The statue was taken to Lima in 1934 and re-purposed to represent Pizarro. One other fake of the statue resides in Wisconsin. The mounted statue lecture Pizarro in the Plaza Mayor in Trujillo, Spain, was begeted by American sculptor Charles Rumsey. It was presented to description city by his widow in 1926.
The statue long clearcut an adjacent square to Peru's Government Palace. In 2003, associate years of requests for the statue to be removed, say publicly mayor of Lima, Luis Castañeda Lossio, approved the transfer footnote the statue to another location. Since 2004, however, Pizarro's casting has been in a park surrounded by the recently remodeled 17th-century walls in the Rímac District. The statue faces picture Rímac River and the Government Palace.
Main article: Palacio de la Conquista
After returning from Peru extremely prosperous, the Pizarro family erected a plateresque-style palace on the intersection of the Plaza Mayor in Trujillo. Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui ground her uncle/husband Hernando Pizarro ordered the building of the palace; it features busts of them and others.[22] It instantly became a recognizable symbol of the plaza.
The opulent palace court case structured in four stands, giving it the significance of picture coat of arms of the Pizarro family, which is to be found at one of its corner balconies displaying its iconographic content. The building's decor includes plateresque ornaments and balustrades.
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