Santa María la Antigua del Darién—rendered as Dariena in the Latin of De Orbe Novo—was a Spanish colonial town founded in 1510 by Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Located in present-day Colombia approximately 4
Monument to Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Madrid, founder of Santa María la Antigua del Darién
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Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a total population of 410,354 in the city proper and 1,086,990 in the Panama District, which includ
Santa María la Antigua del Darién
…Americas and served as the first capital of Castilla del Oro. The settlement was abandoned in 1524 after the capital was transferred to the newly founded Panama City and was subsequently attacked and burned by indigenous peoples. In 1508, the Spanish Crown decided to colonize the mainland of the Americas, designating…
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