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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.
Archaeological and Historical National Park of Pueblo Viejo, La Vega: La Vega Province, Dominican Republic: 2001 not stated (cultural) The site includes the Pueblo Viejo fortress and old town, founded in 1495 for Christopher Columbus, and the former gold mine and foundry that the fortress was built to protect. [41] 1708 Historical Centre of ...
After the Pueblo Revolt in 1680 the people of San Marcos joined the Navajo and Apache in refugee communities in Potrero Viejo. The Keresan inhabitants fled to Acoma pueblo, and others to Hopi. Sandia: Tiwa Albuquerque: An active pueblo that is home of one of the 21 federally recognized Pueblos. Santa Ana: Keres
El Cuartel Viejo is a significant and important example of Pueblo Revival architecture in the American Southwest.Rebuilt starting in 1942 from the ruins of the 1870s Fort Lowell Quartermaster and Commissary Storehouse [2] the design-build project was led by Dutch-born artist Charles Bolsius, with brother and sister-in-law Nan and Pete Bolsius.
Looking for a new place to dine out? If you don’t mind driving 20 minutes or so northeast of Fresno, eight new places to eat just opened at the newly-built Table Mountain Casino Resort in Friant
The municipal seat of Pueblo Viejo is not its largest centre of population. Of the municipality's 73 settlements, the largest are: Benito Juárez (2005 population: 14,015) Anáhuac (13,657) Cd. Cuauhtémoc (municipal seat; 8,950) Hidalgo (6,159) Primero de Mayo (Los Mangos) (5,068)
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