HistorySan Francisco de la Buena Esperanza of Paita (1572–1588)
Between 1572 and 1588 the settlement of the bay of Paita thrived on trade with Panama until the siege of Drake (1579) and the sack of Cavendish (1587) forced its total evacuation.
Conquest and Viceroyalty
Bourbon reforms: Piura within the Intendancy of Trujillo (1784)
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Con la Real Ordenanza de Intendentes de 1784 se suprimió el Corregimiento de San Miguel y Piura pasó a ser uno de los partidos más prósperos de la Intendencia de Trujillo, gobernado por un subdelegado. El censo de Gil de Taboada (1790–1795) y las crónicas del obispo Martínez Compañón retratan una sociedad mestiza dominante, con comunidades indígenas en Catacaos y Sechura, población afroperuana urbana y élites criollas terratenientes como los Seminario, Fernald y Velásquez de Tineo.
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HistoryGeorge Anson's attack and the Virgin of Las Mercedes (1741)
In 1741 George Anson sacked and burned Paita, stabbing the effigy of Our Lady of Las Mercedes, which washed ashore unharmed and became Patroness of the Arms of Peru.
