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ATTEMPTED DESTRUCTION
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The continued resistance of the indigenous population resulted in a series of further conflicts. On September 11, 1541 the Picunche chief Michimalonco led an attack on Santiago, beginning a three-year-long war. At the time, the Conquistadores were in... |
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FOUNDING OF THE CITY
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Santiago was founded by Spanish Conquistador Pedro de Valdivia on February 12, 1541 with the name Santiago del Nuevo Extremo, as a homage to Saint James and Extremadura, Valdivia's birth place in Spain. The founding ceremony was held on Huelén Hill (... |
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