Diego de Losada (b. in Río negro del Puente, Spain in 1511) was the founder of Santiago de León de Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. He did so in 1567. Two years later, Losada died. Nickname: La Sultana del Avila (English:The Avilas Sultan) La Sucursal del Cielo (English:Branch of Heaven) Motto: Ave MarÃa SantÃsima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ...
The valley's temperatures are springlike, and the urbanizable terrain of the Caracas Valley lies between 2,500 and 3,000 ft (760 and 910 m) above sea level.
The city was founded on July 25, 1567 as Santiago de León de Caracas by Spanish explorer DiegodeLosada.
An earthquake destroyed the city on March 26, 1812 and was portrayed by authorities as a divine punishment to people rebelling against the Spanish Crown, during the Venezuelan War of Independence.
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