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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Santa Elena canonical 1

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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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Spanish Florida hasSettlement Santa Elena