Standing in my room in the attic, I look through the window at a hill ten kilometres away. There is nothing special on it except for the ruins of an old stone and mud-mortar fortress. There, the Inca soldiers dominated all of the valley of Santiago, Chile, ensuring that the trade routes were free from [...]
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On February 12, 1541, Spanish explorer and conquistador Pedro de Valdivia founded the City of Santiago (Chile) of the New Extreme. Valdivia named this city in honour of the worshiped military protector of the Spaniards during their fight for independence from Moorish dominion. But Santiago also accompanied the Spaniards to the New World, an enterprise [...]
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