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.

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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
disease
shift of colonial focus to Panama
earlyGovernorAssociated Vasco Núñez de Balboa NERFINISHED
economyBasedOn agriculture
gold extraction
era Age of Exploration
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
Panama City NERFINISHED

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Castilla del Oro adminCenterInitially Santa María la Antigua del Darién
Castilla del Oro capital Santa María la Antigua del Darién
Vasco Núñez de Balboa founded Santa María la Antigua del Darién