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Pedro de Peralta (c. 1584 – 1666) was Governor of New Mexico between 1610 and 1613 at a time when it was a province of New Spain. He formally founded the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1610. In August 1613 he was arrested and jailed for almost a year by the Franciscan friar Isidro Ordóñez.
Santa Fe. Pedro de Peralta (born c. 1584, Spain—died 1666, Madrid) was a Spanish colonial official who established Santa Fe as the capital of New Mexico. Peralta arrived in Mexico City during the winter of 1608–09 following his university studies in Spain. In March 1609 the viceroy of Mexico appointed him to the post of governor of New ...
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Don Pedro de Peralta established himself as the Spanish colonial governor of Santa Fe in 1610. Peralta arrived in Mexico City during the winter of 1608–1609 following his university studies in Spain.
Pedro de Peralta. Born: circa 1584, Spain Died: 1666, Madrid. E ncyclopedia Britannica Online describes Pedro de Peralta as a Spanish colonial official who established Santa Fe as the capital of New Mexico. The article states that Peralta arrived in Mexico City during the winter of 1608–1609 following his university studies in Spain.
1610 Don Pedro de Peralta Establishes Santa Fe. Spanish Army officer Don Pedro de Peralta, appointed second governor of New Mexico, arrives at its capital, La Villa de San Gabriel, and decides to move the capital to a new town. He establishes and names Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in United States and the oldest European community west of the Mississippi. While Santa Fe was inhabited on a very small scale in 1607, it was truly settled by the conquistador Don Pedro de Peralta in 1609-1610. Santa Fe is the site of both the oldest public building in America, the Palace of the Governors ...
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Don Pedro de Peralta, second royal Governor of New Mexico, had the palace constructed as part of the royal presidio of Sante Fe. The palace housed administrative offices and living quarters of the Spanish Governors until the Indian rebellion of 1680.
