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La Navidad
🇭🇹 Haiti · 15th century
La Navidad ("The Nativity", i.e. Christmas) was a Spanish fort that Christopher Columbus and his crew built on the northwest coast of Hispaniola (near present day Caracol, Nord-Est Department, Haiti) in 1492 from the remains of the Spanish ship the Santa María during his first voyage. La Navidad was the first European settlement established in the New World during the Age of Discovery, although it was destroyed by Indigenous people by the following year.
Text adapted from “La Navidad” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Navidad ranks #534 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #4 of the 4 mapped in Haiti. Founded 1492, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 434 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 14,748 times in the last 60 days, more than 96% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Haiti compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is La Navidad?
La Navidad stands in Haiti, at 19.69056°, -72.01583°.
When was La Navidad built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1492. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is La Navidad?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #534 of 7,738 worldwide, and #4 in Haiti. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to La Navidad?
Sans-Souci Palace, about 23 km away.
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