 Finally on February 12, 1541, Valdivia officially founded the city of Santiago de la Nueva Extremadura (named after Saint James, "Santiago" in Spanish, and Valdivia's home region of Extremadura, Spain).The ceremony was held at the foot of the "Huelén" hill (now known as "Santa Lucia hill").After arriving in Chile, Valdivia and his men went out of their way to restore the relationship between conquistador and Indian which had been greatly harmed by Almagro and his merciless ways.