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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
gold extraction ⓘ
era Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
foundedBy Martín Fernández de Enciso ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain

Vasco Núñez de Balboa ⓘ
governedBy cabildo (town council) ⓘ
hadMunicipalCouncil yes ⓘ
hadStatus town ⓘ
heritageStatus important site in early Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Urabá region ⓘ
locatedInCurrentDepartment Chocó Department ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Colombia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Darién ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Urabá ⓘ
locatedNearCurrentTown Atrato ⓘ
linked to: Atrato River
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
namedAfter Santa María la Antigua (Marian devotion) ⓘ
Seville Cathedral chapel of Santa María de la Antigua ⓘ
linked to: Seville Cathedral
partOf Governorate of Castilla de Oro ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
populationIncluded Indigenous allies ⓘ
Spanish settlers ⓘ
enslaved Indigenous people ⓘ
relatedToIndigenousGroup Cueva people ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Panama City ⓘ

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa → founded → Santa María la Antigua del Darién ⓘ
Castilla del Oro → capital → Santa María la Antigua del Darién ⓘ
Castilla del Oro → adminCenterInitially → Santa María la Antigua del Darién ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panama → mainCathedralDedicatedTo → Santa María la Antigua ⓘ
linked to: Santa María la Antigua del Darién