Viceroyalty of Peru
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The Viceroyalty of Peru, officially known as the Kingdom of Peru, was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district. Created in 1542, it originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Sp
Francisco Pizarro meets the Inca emperor Atahualpa in 1532.
Viceroy Francisco de Toledo
First image of the Cerro Rico mine in Potosí to reach Europe, by Pedro Cieza de León in 1552.
The "City of Kings" ,with the Cathedral of Lima under construction, and Plaza Mayor. Painting from 1680, Museo de América.
Túpac Amaru II
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Túpac Amaru II was an Indigenous cacique who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of the new Inca Empire. He was later elevated to a mythical status in
Túpac Amaru II
Current monument in Cusco, in homage to José Gabriel Túpac Amaru, in the square of the same name
Painting of Túpac Amaru II by an anonymous artist c. 1784–1806. Unveiled in 2015, it is the oldest image known to date of the indigenous rebel.
Attempt to dismember Túpac Amaru II.