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Antonio Díaz De Cardoso
Antonio Díaz de Cardoso (1495, in Santa Comba Dão, Santa Comba, Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal –1573 in Santafe de Bogota, Santafe de Bogotá) was a Portuguese Empire, Portuguese List of conquistadors in Colombia, conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people. Antonio Díaz de Cardoso is mentioned as ''Cardosso'' in the early chronicles of the Spanish conquest, a work of uncertain authorship; ''Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada''.''Epítome'', p.82 Biography Birth and name Antonio Díaz de Cardoso, whose surnames are alternatively spelled Díaz Cardoso, Díaz de Cardozo or Díaz Cardozo, was born in Santa Comba Dão, Santa Comba in the Kingdom of Portugal.Antonio Díaz de Cardoso - Bank of the Republic (Colombia), Banco de la República - Soledad Aco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Comba Dão
Santa Comba Dão () is a city and a municipality in the Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,597, in an area of 111.95 km2. The city proper has a population of 3,300. The present mayor is Leonel Gouveia, elected in 2013 by Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day. António de Oliveira Salazar, the leader of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 and founder of the '' Estado Novo'', was born in Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão on 28 April 1889 to a rural family of modest income. The town's station was formerly a terminus of the Dão line to/from Viseu. This narrow gauge railway opened in 1890 and was closed to passengers in 1988. Santa Comba Dão was granted city status in 1999. In mid-2000s, a serial killer murdered three young women in the municipality. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into six civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Ovoa e Vimieiro * Pinheiro de Ázere * Santa Comba Dão e Couto do Mosteiro * São Joaninho * São J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |