'''Pedro de Valdivia''' lived from 1497 to 1553. He was a [[Spanish]] soldier born in [[Extremadura]] who was very important in his country's conquest of [[Chile]] where he founded the cities of [[Santiago]] (1541) [[La Serena]] (1544), [[Concepción (Chile)|Concepción]] (1550), [[Valdivia]] (1552) y [[La Imperial]] (1552) and planned the foundation of [[Villarrica]] y [[Angol|Los Confines (Angol)]]. | '''Pedro de Valdivia''' lived from 1497 to 1553. He was a [[Spanish]] soldier born in [[Extremadura]] who was very important in his country's conquest of [[Chile]] where he founded the cities of [[Santiago]] (1541) [[La Serena]] (1544), [[Concepción (Chile)|Concepción]] (1550), [[Valdivia]] (1552) y [[La Imperial]] (1552) and planned the foundation of [[Villarrica]] y [[Angol|Los Confines (Angol)]]. |