Santa Fe is a Spanish municipality in the province of Granada, situated in the Vega de Granada, irrigated by the river Genil. The town was originally built by the Catholic armies besieging Granada (c. 1490) after a fire destroyed much of their encampment. The Capitulations of Santa Fe between Columbus and the Catholic Monarchs were signed there shortly after the fall of Granada (2 January 1492) on 17 April 1492, and the city therefore advertises itself as "the cradle of hispanicity".[2]
The municipality is jointly-eponymous with Santa Fe, New Mexico in the United States.[3][4] Both cities feature a castle, lion, and the Spanish imperial eagle on their official seals and flags.[3]
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
Santa Fe is twinned with:
Vire-Normandie, France[5]
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States[3][4]
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Pueblos de Granada: Santa Fe". turgranada.es. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
Santa Fe is known as the 'Hispanic cradle'. It was the town where the Reconquista culminated and where the Capitulations of Santa Fe were signed, a treaty securing the funding for the journey which led to the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, the explorer from Genoa.
- ^ a b c "Santa Fe de la Vega & Granada, Spain | City of Santa Fe, New Mexico". www.santafenm.gov. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ a b Bonner, John; Curtis, George William; Alden, Henry Mills; Conant, Samuel Stillman; Schuyler, Montgomery; Foord, John; Davis, Richard Harding; Schurz, Carl; Nelson, Henry Loomis (1890). Harper's Weekly. Harper's Magazine Company.
- ^ "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Retrieved 2013-12-26.
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