Comayagua was founded with the name Santa María de la
Nueva Valladolid by Conquistador Alonso de Cáceres under orders from Francisco
de Montejo, Governor of Yucatán on December 8, 1537. From 1540 on Comayagua was
the capital of the Honduras Province of the Captaincy General of Guatemala. The
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, on the main square, was begun in 1563
and inaugurated in 1711.In 1786 (23 December) the Spanish Crown created the Intendencia
of Comayagua, with Comayagua as its capital, which lasted until 1812. From 1812
to 1814 it was the capital of the Province of Comayagua
