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Palacio de los Marqueses de la Conquista
Plaza Mayo
Trujillo
Extremadura
Spain
Type: Historical Interest
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Trujillo
Extremadura
Spain
Type: Historical Interest
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The Palacio de los Marqueses de la Conquista is another of the few sights in Trujillo that appear to have benefited from the immense wealth that flooded into Spain from the NewWorld and just as quickly filtered away to other countries, leaving Spain with much less to show for her efforts than one might expect. It was the palace of Hernando Pizarro, Francisco’s half-brother and only legitimate son of their father, Gonzalo Pizarro. Fernando was notoriously resilient. Where his brothers all met untimely, and often gruesome, deaths in the wilds of the NewWorld, he survived to return to Trujillo loaded with wealth and built this home for his family.
He also brought with him Francisco’s daughter, his niece, whom he had married. Subsequent generations of his family would successfully petition to inherit the title first bestowed upon the conquistador, thus the lovingly convoluted family tree is realized in the huge shield of the palace.
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