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The harshness of the land bread austere men of toughness and fortitude, and Extremadura carries the title of the "Cradle of the Conquistadors" with dignity. Cortés and Pizarro, the best known of a long list of men form Extremadura that also includes Valdivia, Orellana, de Soto and Nuñez de Balboa, took human endurance to new limits as they explored, mapped and charted the recently discovered New World under unthinkably severe conditions. In fact, countless New World cities and towns adopted the names of Visitors to Extremadura can tour along the Route of the Conquistadors, wich passes through the towns and villages where these explorers were born and bread and where they worshipped.
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