La Castilla Del Oro History

Reliving History.

February 2010


Castilla de Oro (or del Oro) was the name that Spanish colonizers in the early XVI century gave to the central American territories between the Gulf of Uraba (west of what is currently Colombia) to the Belen River, where the region known as Veragua ( Republic of Panama) begins, that was disputed by the Crown and the Colon family . The name Castilla de Oro was given in May 1513 by the catholic King Fernando, who was then, the regent of Castilla.


Due to the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Castilla Del Oro’s jurisdiction was broadening to cover Panama’s pacific coast, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Castilla Del Oro colonization was completed with the Foundation of Turumbí.


With the 1527 creation of the province of Nicaragua, covering the current  Nicaraguan territories and the Nicoya Peninsula, the extent of the Castilla del Oro territory began to reduce, so much so, that in 1537, after the columbine fights  concluded, it was divided in two parts separated by the Dukedom of Veragua.

The western part that extended to the west of the Dukedom, covering the majority of what is known today as the Pacific Coast of Panama and Costa Rica was united in 1540 with royal Veragua (the remaining territories of the old Colombian Veragua) to build the Province of Nuevo Cartago and Costa Rica.


The eastern part, the last remains of Castilla Del Oro, was then known by the name of Reino de Tierra Firme or Panamá, especially after the creation of the Royal Hearing of Panama (1538). The New province of Veragua was also added to Panama in 1560, during the reign of Felipe II of Spain along with the territory of the old Dukedom of Veragua.


Castilla del Oro Governors, 1514-1540.


• 1514-1526 Pedro Arias Dávila, Governor

• 1526-1529 Pedro de los Ríos and Gutiérrez de Aguayo,

Governor

• 1529-1532Antonio de la Gama, Provisional Governor

• 1533-1536 Francisco de Barrionuevo, Governor

• 1536-1539 Pedro Vázquez de Acuña, Governor

• 1539 Francisco Pérez de Robles, President of the

Panamá Hearing


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  1. Written by edward
    on August 29, 2011 at 6:09 pm
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    thank you Richard Fifer for showing the birth of Castilla de Oro

    http://richardfiferceo.com/petaquilla-gold-executes-reforestation-projects/

  2. Written by joseph
    on August 29, 2011 at 6:12 pm
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    it is important for Richard Fifer that people know how Castillo de Oro created and the history behind it

    http://rfifer.com/index.php/petaquilla-gold-company-will-continue-supporting-community-leaders-to-realize-community-potential-on-an-ongoing-basis/

  3. Written by Debbie
    on August 29, 2011 at 8:36 pm
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    Richard Fifer wants the world to understand the significance of the name Castilla del Oro and the history behind it.

    http://richardfifer.org/index.php/in-central-provinces-spain-advises-how-to-do-rural-tourism/

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