Aranjuez (Costa Rica)
Aranjuez was a Costa Rican settlement founded in 1568[1] by the Governor Pero Afán de Ribera y Gómez. It was situated on the banks of the Aranjuez River and was a short distance from the Pacific Ocean coast where a pier, known as the Ribera port, simultaneously emerged.
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Aranjuez was depopulated in 1574 by order of the interim governor Alonso Anguciana de Gamboa, who relocated the population to the town of Espiritu Santo which he founded.
References
- Garcimuñoz: La ciudad que nunca murió : Los primeros cien días de Costa Rica. 1993. ISBN 9789977647142.
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