Velazquez helped form three of these towns, the names of the towns were Salvatierra de la Zabana, Yaquimo, and San Juan de la Maguana. |
At the close of this year Salvatierra was removed to the viceroyalty of Peru. |
The Las Capucinas Church and Convent is in Salvatierra and is one of only three complexes built for nuns in the entire state during the colonial period. |