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Hernán Cortés y los medellinenses en América

Medellín, Vegas Altas, Badajoz

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Hernán Cortés y los medellinenses en América

Curiosity · Medellín, Vegas Altas, Badajoz

Hernán Cortés, the conqueror of Mexico, was born in Medellín around 1485. It is estimated that some 280 households from the town emigrated to the Americas, founding or lending their name to several cities on the continent (in Colombia, Mexico and Argentina). Other notable townsmen of Medellín in the conquest were Gonzalo de Sandoval and Alonso Bernáldez de Quirós.

1485 (nacimiento de Hernán Cortés)

Photo: Luis Rogelio HM (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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