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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: February 15, 2016
Caption: The Monument to the Indigenous Resistance of 1528
Additional Description: The marker is directly behind the monument. It honors the 18 indigenous leaders that the Spanish killed by having them attacked and eaten by dogs in 1528.

It reads: Monumento a la Resistencia Indígena de 1528, A los doctores Eduardo Perez Valle y Alfonso Arguello Arguello descubridores de esta ciudad en 1967, Al Capitán Francisco Hernández de Córdoba fundador de esta ciudad en 1524, Ruinas de León Viejo Declarado Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad Año 2000

English:
Monument to the Indigenous Resistance of 1528, To Doctors Eduardo Perez Valle and Alfonso Arguello Arguello, discoverers of this city in 1967, To Captain Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba, founder of this city in 1524, The ruins of Leon Viejo were declared Cultural Patrimony of Humanity in 2000
Submitted: April 10, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p349293
File Size: 3.015 Megabytes

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