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ZAÑA FIRST CAPITAL OF PERU-LAND OF SLAVES WHAT TO KNOW-WHERE IS IT? LAMBAYEQUE.
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History
Foundation
It was founded on November 29, 1563 with the name of Villa Santiago de Miraflores de Saña during the colonizing era by Captain Baltasar Rodríguez, due to its excellent location halfway between the sea and the mountains, due to the good irrigation system that The natives had built there, and because a river was very close by, they built huge churches and large houses on its side. Being at the center of a network of commercial routes made the town become an opulent city, so much so that it is said that it almost became the capital of the country. But that very wealth was the reason for his tragedy.
Prehispanic era
In pre-Hispanic times, only indigenous descendants of the Mochica Culture inhabited that area, who were known as Saña who used to live on the slopes of Cerro Corbacho.
Colonial period
The Spanish brought black slaves for agricultural and service work during the times of the viceroyalty. During this period, Zaña, which by then was called the "Seville of Peru" or "Little Potosí" (according to the historian Hampe Martínez), attracted the privateer Edward Davis to the town gates, who invaded the city in 1686, entered it after winning a weak resistance and together with his men they looted churches and houses and raped women and took a great amount of wealth. For this reason, many of its residents chose to migrate to Lambayeque, Ferreñafe and Túcume. After that, Zaña managed to recover, but unfortunately on March 15, 1720 a flood occurred, the waters of the Zaña river