The Monument to Sebastian de Benalcazar

The Monument to Sebastian de Benalcazar. Sebastian Benalcazar was a Spanish conquistador and also known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Cali, Pasto and Popayán in 1537. De Benalcázar led expeditions in present-day Ecuador and Colombia and died of natural causes after being sentenced to death in Cartagena, at the Caribbean coast in 1551.