Colonial Peru

overseas expansion under the Crown of Castile

viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire in the Americas (1717-1819)

viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire

1811–1824 war between Spanish Royalists and Patriot forces, which led to the Independence of Peru

The Huancas, Wancas, or Wankas are a Quechua people living in the Junín Region of central Peru, in and around the Mantaro Valley.

16th century Roman Catholic cathedral in Lima, Peru

World Heritage Site in Peru

governorate of the Spanish Empire

Spanish colonial, and early post-colonial, administrative council which governed a municipality

Spanish naval ship of the 18th and 19th centuries

book by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Institutional viceregal organization in South America (1563–1822)

Peruvian painter (1611-1681)

The Repartimiento () (Spanish, "distribution, partition, or division") was a colonial labor system imposed upon the indigenous population of Spanish America and the Philippines. In concept, it was similar to other tribute-labor systems, such as the ''mit'a of the Inca Empire or the corvée of the Ancien Régime de France: Through the pueblos de indios, the Amerindians were drafted work for cycles of weeks, months, or years, on farms, in mines, in workshops (obrajes''), and public projects.

uprising of native and mestizo peasants against the Bourbon reforms in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru

governorate of the Spanish Empire

laws intended to prevent the exploitation and mistreatment of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

A kuraka (Quechua for the principal governor of a province or a communal authority in the Tawantinsuyu), or curaca (Hispanicized spelling), was an official of the Andean civilizations, unified by the Inca Empire in 1438, who held the role of magistrate, on several hierarchical levels, from the Sapa Inca at the head of the Empire to local family units.

governorate of the Spanish Empire

cultural heritage site in Peru

one of six political units of the Viceroyalty of Peru

cultural heritage site in Peru

cultural heritage site in Peru

cultural heritage site in Peru

Historical superior court in the empire of Spain

Felipillo (or Felipe) was a 16th-century Amerindian interpreter who accompanied Spanish conquistadors Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro on their various expeditions to Peru during their conquest of the Inca Empire. His real name is not known.

Spanish Colonial architectural features in Peru

17th century Quechua painter from Cuzco, Peru (1635-1710)

Style of dress in Lima, Peru

comandancy of the Spanish Empire

bishop of Trujillo, author of the Trujillo Codex of Peru

Spanish officer (1540-1606)