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LOPEZ DE ZUNIGA y VELASCO, Diego, Count of Nieva,
Viceroy of Peru, born in Valladolid in 1510; died in Lima. Peru, 20 February,
1564. He was appointed viceroy of Peru in 1561, taking charge of the government
on 17 April. On 14 December of the same year he ordered Gomez de Tordoya to
explore the river Tono, and on 24 December commissioned Juan Nieto to conquer
the territory of Camana.
In 1562 he introduced several reforms in the capital,
and in the same year the city of Santiago del Estero (now in the Argentine
Republic) was founded by his direction. In 1563 the audiencia of Quito was
installed. Lopez founded the city of Safia, or Santiago de Miraflores, and Diego
Pineda the town of Chancay, formerly called Arnedo, to which the viceroy
intended to remove the University of San Marcos for the purpose of separating
the students from the noise of the capital.
Toward the end of that year he commissioned Cristobal de
Valverde to found a town, which was named San Gerónimo de Ica. Lopez also
directed the division of the diocese of Chile from that of Peru. He organized
and improved schools for the sons of Indian caciques, favored the monasteries,
founded parishes, and was the first to establish in Peru the ceremonial and
customs of a viceregal court.
During his term of office he ordered and finished the
construction of an aqueduct to supply the city with potable water, passed laws
for the improvement of his government, and sent to the royal treasury 651,000
ducats. He was murdered in the street of Trapitos in a feud caused by a
love-affair.
LOPEZ DE ZUNIGA y VELASC0, Diego, Count of Nieva. viceroy of Peru, born in Valladolid in 1510; died in Lima. Peru, 20 February, 1564. He was appointed viceroy of Peru in 1561, taking charge of the government on 17 April. On 14 December of the same year he ordered Gomez de Tordoya to explore the river Tono, and on 24 December commissioned Juan Nieto to conquer the territory of Camana. In 1562 he introduced several reforms in the capital, and in the same year the city of Santiago del Estero (now in the Argentine Republic) was founded by his direction. In 1563 the audiencia of Quito was installed. Lopez founded the city of Safia, or Santiago de Miraflores, and Diego Pineda the town of Chancay, formerly called Arnedo, to which the viceroy intended to remove the University of San Marcos for the purpose of separating the students from the noise of the capital. Toward the end of that year he commissioned Cristobal de Valverde to found a town, which was named San GerSnimo de Ica. Lopez also directed the division of the diocese of Chili from that of Peru. He organized and improved schools for the sons of Indian caciques, favored the monasteries, founded parishes, and was the first to establish in Peru the ceremonial and customs of a viceregal court. During his term of office he ordered and finished the construction of an aqueduct to supply the city with potable water, passed laws for the improvement of his government, and sent to the royal treasury 651,000 ducats. He was murdered in the street of Trapitos in a feud caused by a love-affair.
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