| Statue of Pizarro in the Plaza Mayor | ||
Statue of Pizarro -- maybe |
An interesting story -- and it may be only that
-- surrounds this statue of Pizarro. It seems that the sculptor (sorry,
can't remember his name right now) wanted to honor Cortez, the conqueror
of Mexico. So he made this statue, went to Mexico and offered it to the
Mexican government. Now, as you can imagine, Cortez is not exactly an
honored man in Mexico and the government there politely declined.
The sculptor ended somehow in Trujillo, where he offered a statue of Pizarro -- who came from that town -- to the town fathers. Honored and pleased, they accepted and placed the monument honoring their town's most famous citizen, in the Plaza Mayor. |