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unusual facts about Alto Perú



Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón

Continuing his ecclesiastical advancement, he was appointed archbishop of La Plata, Alto Perú (Charcas, Bolivia) on March 21, 1714, and finally archbishop of Lima on May 12, 1723.


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José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa

When revolution broke out in Buenos Aires on May 25, 1810, Abascal reoccupied the provinces of Córdoba, Potosí, La Paz and Charcas (in Alto Perú, now Bolivia) and reincorporated them into the Viceroyalty of Peru.

Pío de Tristán

The defeat of the Royalists at Salta gave the insurgents domination over the northern part of the old viceroyalty and also led to revolts against the Spanish in Charcas, Potosí and later Cochabamba, Alto Perú (now Bolivia).

Valentín Ferraz y Barrau

There they collected the horses and supplies needed for the campaign, and proceeded to the front-line of the war zone to join the royal army of Alto Peru in its barracks Santiago de Cotagaita, on the basis of the European troops would, in 1817 form a squad of Grenadier Guards of 78 men commanded by Ferraz.