Plaza Alonso De Mendoza – Peace
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Altitude 3650 masl
Temperatura mine. 5 C – Max. 23 C
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Plaza Alonso De Mendoza
Alonso Square in Mendoza, small in its beginnings, it was the first site from which the first streets of the city of La Paz were designed, such as: Cañárcalle or Correo Street, That of the Cañaris, and Count Huyo, This neighborhood was known as Churupampa or Pampa de los Caracoles.
The city of La Paz was founded by order of Don Pedro de la Gasca by Captain Alonso de Mendoza. The first founding document was in the town of Laja on 20 October 1548 and the second act in the Choqueyapu Valley in the San Sebastián neighborhood.
Emperor Charles V granted La Paz a coat of arms whose inscription reads: “The discordant in harmony in peace and love came together and people of peace were founded for perpetual memory.”
In the center of La Plaza there is a monument of three fractions, In the lower two, representations of the founding of La Paz are sculpted.. In the second fraction, Which is the highest is the statue of Captain Alonso de Mendoza.
In front of the square is the Renaissance-style temple of San Sebastián, whose construction dates back to the year 1548. At the other end is “El Tambo Quirquincho” which was built by the Inca Huayna Kapac for the storage of edible products and for the permanence of pack animals., and in the colonial era it was the residence of the Chief Quirquincha.
At one end is “La Casa del Corregidor” which was the house of Captain Alonso de Mendoza and other buildings that were the home of important people in the history of the country and the city..
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