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Jorge Lardé y Larín argues that the name Lempira derived from words of the Lenca language: lempa, meaning "lord" as a title of hierarchy, i meaning "of", and era, meaning "hill or mountain". Thus, Lempira, means "lord of the mountain" or "lord of the hill". [1] When the Spaniards arrived in Cerquin, Lempira was fighting against neighboring ...
Lempira had been quietly building a powerful alliance in southern Higueras, in the mountains south of Gracias a Dios. Its political centre was at the town of the Lenca ruler Entepica, [185] and its greatest stronghold was Lempira's hilltop fortress at Peñol de Cerquín.
The leader of the uprising was a capable young Lenca chieftain known as Lempira (after whom the Honduran national monetary unit would eventually be named). Lempira established his base on a fortified hill known as the Peñol de Cerquín and until 1538 successfully defeated all efforts to subdue him. Inspired by his examples, other native ...
This uprising enveloped the territory of El Salvador, led by the Lenca ruler Lempira, and focused upon the Peñol de Cerquín, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of San Salvador, within Honduras. [69] Francisco de Montejo, then governor of Honduras, urgently appealed to San Salvador for reinforcements and supplies. [83]
Lempira (Lenca ruler) (died 1537), 16th century leader of the Lenca peoples of Central America, who led local resistance against the Spanish conquistadores; Honduran lempira, unit of currency; Puerto Lempira, the capital of the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios; Lempira Department, the Honduran political division; Lempira F.C., a Honduran ...
The lempira was named after the 16th-century cacique Lempira, a ruler of the indigenous Lenca people, who is renowned in Honduran folklore for leading the local native resistance against the Spanish conquistador forces. He is a national hero and is honored on both the 1 lempira note and the 20 and 50 centavos coins.
The Lenca, also known as Lepa ... Monument to Lempira, Lencan sovereign ruler. ... The Lempira resistance and defense of 1537-1538 managed to arm more than 30,000 ...
The Peñol de Cerquín is located in the southeast of the Lempira Department of Honduras, in Central America. [1] The site lies within the municipality of Erandique. [6] The Peñol de Cerquín is to the south of the town, on the far side of the Sierra de las Neblinas, in the region of the hamlet of San Antonio La Mina.