Sebastián de Belalcázar
Sebastián de Belalcázar | |
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Statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar in Quito, Ecuador | |
| Born | 1490 |
| Died | April 28, 1551 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Other names | Sebastián de Benalcázar Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Known for | Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire Conquest of the Muisca Founder of Cali Founder of Pasto Founder of Popayán |
Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan de βelalˈkaθaɾ]; c. 1490 – April 28, 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar. He is known as the founder of important early virreinal cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Cali, Pasto and Popayán in 1537. Belalcázar led expeditions in present-day Ecuador and Colombia and died of natural causes after being sentenced to death in the port of Cartagena de Indias in 1551.