Alonso Turrillo de Yebra

Captain
Alonso Turrillo de Yebra
Nationality Spain
Occupation(s)Military, Architect, Superintendent Captaincy & Governor
Era16th century
Known forCartagena & Santa Fé Mint
Title1° Treasurer of Santa Fe, New Kingdom of Granada
SuccessorAntonio Vergara Azcárate y Dávila
SpouseMaria de Vergara Azcárate

Alonso Turrillo de Yebra was a Spanish military engineer and architect, at the service of the kings Felipe II, Felipe III and Felipe IV. Turrillo became the first royal treasurer of Madrid in 1607 and later arrived to the new Kingdom of Granada in 1621 with a royal order that accredited him to create the first Mint of Casa de la Moneda or Casa de Moneda is Spanish for mint (coin) (literally, house of money) in the New Kingdom of Granada. Turrillo became the first royal treasurer of Santafe de Bogotá.

Turillo was an official in Cartagena de Indias and, Superintendent Captain of the Spanish Empire.

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