Los Adaes
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Los Adaes was an 18th-century Spanish frontier settlement and presidio that served as the administrative and military center of Spanish presence in northeastern New Spain, near present-day Louisiana.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial settlement
ⓘ
former capital ⓘ presidio ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | French Louisiana frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| border | French Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Former populated places in Louisiana
ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana ⓘ Spanish Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish forts in the United States ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Camino Real (Spanish royal road) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 31.705°N 93.297°W ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culture | Spanish colonial ⓘ |
| currentUse |
archaeological site
ⓘ
historic site open to the public ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1773 ⓘ |
| endTimeOfRoleAsCapitalOfSpanishTexas |
1770
ⓘ
1772 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
to assert Spanish sovereignty in northeastern New Spain
ⓘ
to guard the frontier against French Louisiana ⓘ to monitor French activity at Natchitoches ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mission of San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Presidio of Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
administrative center
ⓘ
military post ⓘ mission-presidio complex ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Louisiana State Historic Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception |
1721
ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New Spain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater | nearby bayous of western Louisiana ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
French settlement of Natchitoches
ⓘ
Natchitoches, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Adaes (Adai) people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Louisiana Office of State Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spanish defensive system in North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish–French borderlands ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of Spanish Texas ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
abandonment ordered by the Spanish Crown in the 1770s
ⓘ
relocation of Adaes settlers to San Antonio ⓘ |
| startTimeOfRoleAsCapitalOfSpanishTexas | 1729 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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