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role in history of Caracas. …region began in 1566, and Diego de Losada is credited with the actual founding of the city in 1567. He named it Santiago de León de Caracas in honour of the apostle James, who is the patron saint of Spain, Don Pedro Ponce de León, who was the provincial governor,….

Diego de Losada y Cabeza de Vaca (1511 – 1569) was a Spanish conquistador and the founder of Santiago de León de Caracas, the current capital of Venezuela. Losada was born in Rionegro del Puente, in what is now the province of Zamora. He reached Puerto Rico in 1533. Losada founded Caracas in 1567 after defeating Tamanaco, the Mariche chief.

Diego de Losada ( b. 1511; d. 1569), Spanish conquistador and founder of Caracas, Venezuela. Losada traveled to America as part of the conquistador armies. He passed through Puerto Rico and later, in 1533, joined Antonio Sendeño's expedition on the Meta River. When Sendeño was assassinated, Losada moved on to the city of Coro.

The conquest and resettlement of the region began in 1566, and Diego de Losada is credited with the actual founding of the city in 1567. He named it Santiago de León de Caracas in honour of the apostle James, who is the patron saint of Spain, Don Pedro Ponce de León, who was the provincial governor, and the Caracas Indians, who inhabited the ...

Diego de Losada y Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish conquistador and the founder of Santiago de León de Caracas, the current capital of Venezuela. Losada was born in Rionegro del Puente, in what is now the province of Zamora. He reached Puerto Rico in 1533. Losada founded Caracas in 1567 after defeating Tamanaco, the Mariche chief.

Losada y Quiroga, Diego. Rionegro del Puente (Zamora), 1511 – El Tocuyo o la Borburata (Venezuela), c. 1570. Conquistador de Venezuela y fundador de Caracas. Fue hijo de Álvaro Pérez de Losada y de Catalina de Osorio. Su padre era señor de Rionegro y pertenecía a una familia noble local que dominó antiguamente Sanabria y Carballeda.

Diego de Losada. Nace en Río negro del Puente (España) en 1511. Muere en 1569. Juan Antonio Sotillo. Ilustración realizada por Francisco Maduro. Conquistador y fundador de Santiago de León de Caracas, luego de los intentos fallidos de Francisco Fajardo. Fueron sus padres Álvaro Pérez de Losada y Catalina de Osorio.

Diego de Losada was a conqueror and the founder of Santiago de León de Caracas, after the unsuccessful attempts made by Francisco Fajardo. Like most of his contemporaries, the interest to meet the New World after its discovery by Chistopher Colombus in 1492, brought him to this land to follow such goals.