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The city was built up around the fortress and the gold mine of Pueblo Viejo, as the extraction of precious metals was the main objective of Columbus' missions to the new world. [2] The town was destroyed by an earthquake on December 2, 1562, and the survivors moved to the present site on the banks of the Camú River .
Pueblo Viejo → San Francisco de Quibdó → Quibdó; San Bonifacio de Ibagué del valle de las Lanzas → Ibagué; Villaviciosa de la Concepción de la Provincia de Hatunllacta → Villaviciosa de la Concepción de San Juan de los Pastos → San Juan de Pasto; San Antonio → Leticia
Pueblo Viejo was the first gold deposit exploited by the Spaniards in America. [14]The mine was operated by state-owned mining company Rosario Dominicana, S. A., from 1975 until 1991 when mining became economically unfeasible and a contaminated site with acid rock drainage was left behind. [15]
Pueblo Viejo (Spanish, 'Old Town') may refer to the following places: Pueblo Viejo, Salta, Argentina; Pueblo Viejo, Belize, a municipality in Belize;
Battle of Pueblo Viejo José Manuel Rafael Simeón de Mier y Terán (February 18, 1789 — July 3, 1832), generally known as Manuel de Mier y Terán , was a noted military and political figure during the Mexican War of Independence and during the era of the First Republic serving in the Mexican congress and as Minister of War. [ 1 ]
Prior to the 2010 U.S. Census, ten new CDPs were carved out from its territory (Anacua, Campo Verde, El Cenizo, Hilltop, La Chuparosa, Los Barreras, Los Ebanos, Miguel Barrera, Rancho Viejo, and Tierra Dorada) substantially reducing its population.
Pueblo Viejo on Veracruz State Govt. web page This page was last edited on 9 September 2023, at 19:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Bremond Block Historic District is a collection of eleven historic homes in downtown Austin, Texas, United States, constructed from the 1850s to 1910.. The block was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and is considered one of the few remaining upper-class Victorian neighborhoods of the middle to late nineteenth century in Texas. [2]