FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Laws of the Indies
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Urbanismo
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Monumental Edificies
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Arquitectura Mestiza
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ordinances Concerning Discoveries, issued in 1573, forbade unauthorized operations against independent Indian peoples. Attempts at general codification in the 16th century proved inadequate. In 1624 work was begun on the code, which finally emerged as the Recopilación.
Detailed explanation-2: -[TODAY IN HISTORY] 447 years ago today, King Philip II of Spain issued a compilation of decrees known as the Leyes de las Indias (Laws of the Indies). This represented an attempt of the Spanish Crown to establish a uniform and extensive urban plan of the colonies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Laws of the Indies (Spanish: Leyes de las Indias) are the entire body of laws issued by the Spanish Crown for the American and the Asian possessions of its empire. They regulated social, political, religious, and economic life in these areas.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Law of the Indies decreed, among other things, that all new towns must have a central plaza surrounded by important buildings with portales or arcades, and from which the principal streets, laid out in a grid pattern, shall begin.