Santa Elena

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Santa Elena was a 16th-century Spanish colonial settlement on present-day Parris Island, South Carolina, that served as the capital of Spanish Florida for a time.

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Label Occurrences
Santa Elena canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial settlement ⓘ
former populated place ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsStart 20th century ⓘ
capitalOf Spanish Florida ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Spanish rivalry in North America ⓘ
attacks by Native American groups ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximate: 32.3°N 80.7°W ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
economy mission activity among Native Americans ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
endTime 1587 ⓘ
followedBy St. Augustine (as principal center of Spanish Florida) ⓘ
foundedBy Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Native American allies and converts ⓘ
Spanish colonists ⓘ
hasFortification Fort San Felipe ⓘ
Fort San Marcos ⓘ
hasResearchInstitution Santa Elena Foundation (interpretive and research organization) ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological site ⓘ
historicalRegion La Florida ⓘ
inception 1566 ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Parris Island ⓘ
United States ⓘ
present-day South Carolina ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Spanish Florida ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Port Royal Sound ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Helena ⓘ
nearbySettlement Port Royal, South Carolina ⓘ
partOf Spanish Empire ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
Spanish colonial America ⓘ
linked to: Spanish America
positionHeld capital of Spanish Florida ⓘ
presentUseOfSite U.S. military installation area ⓘ
reasonForEnd consolidation of Spanish presence at St. Augustine ⓘ
military withdrawal by Spain ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replaces San Miguel de Gualdape (as main Spanish focus in the region) ⓘ
significantEvent abandonment by Spanish forces in 1587 ⓘ
capital of Spanish Florida ⓘ
startTime 1566 ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Florida → hasSettlement → Santa Elena ⓘ