Anchoring the eastern side of Plaza Mayor, formerly called Plaza de Armas, is the Cathedral of Lima. The cornerstone for this Roman Catholic basilica was placed in 1535 by Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conquistador who founded the city after conquering the Inca Empire. He was assassinated in 1541. It was not until 1977 that his head was correctly identified and entombed in a crypt within the first chapel on the right side of church.
