Santa María la Antigua del Darién
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Santa María la Antigua del Darién was the first stable Spanish settlement and colonial town on the mainland of the Americas, established in the early 16th century in present-day Colombia.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial settlement
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ historical city ⓘ |
| abandoned | early 16th century ⓘ |
| archaeologicalInvestigations |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 1510 ⓘ |
| dateFoundedApproximate | early 16th century ⓘ |
| declineCause |
conflict with Indigenous groups
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disease ⓘ shift of colonial focus to Panama ⓘ |
| earlyGovernorAssociated | Vasco Núñez de Balboa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
gold extraction ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Martín Fernández de Enciso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasco Núñez de Balboa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | cabildo (town council) ⓘ |
| hadMunicipalCouncil | yes ⓘ |
| hadStatus | town ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important site in early Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Urabá region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCurrentDepartment | Chocó Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Darién NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Gulf of Urabá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNearCurrentTown | Atrato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | South America ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Santa María la Antigua (Marian devotion)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seville Cathedral chapel of Santa María de la Antigua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Governorate of Castilla de Oro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationIncluded |
Indigenous allies
ⓘ
Spanish settlers ⓘ enslaved Indigenous people ⓘ |
| relatedToIndigenousGroup | Cueva people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionIntroduced | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedAs | colonial administrative center ⓘ |
| significance |
first Spanish colonial town on mainland America
ⓘ
first stable Spanish settlement on the mainland of the Americas ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Acla
NERFINISHED
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Panama City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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