San Martín side, arch 12
Hernán Cortés
Cartouche
FERNAN CORTES
- Sculptor
- Alejandro Carnicero
- Year
- 1733–1734
- Where it is
- San Martín side, arch 12
Who he was
1485–1547 Spanish conquistador and explorer
Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on Hernán Cortés, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.
Photograph: Tamorlan · CC BY 3.0 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.
