Santa Fe (Granada)

Santa Fe parish
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Granada
Comarca :	Vega de Granada
Coordinates	37 ° 11 ′ N , 3 ° 43 ′ W Coordinates: 37 ° 11 ′ N , 3 ° 43 ′ W
Height :	582 msnm
Area :	38.2 km²
Residents :	15,157 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	396.78 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	18320
Municipality number ( INE ):	18175
administration
Mayor :	Sergio Bueno Illescas ( PSOE )
Website :	www.santafe.es
Location of the municipality

Santa Fe is a city in Spain with 15,157 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and is located in the Vega de Granada , about ten kilometers (as the crow flies) west of the city of Granada , to whose catchment area Santa Fe belongs.

history

Santa Fe (Spanish: "Holy Faith") developed from a temporary army camp that the Catholic Kings set up here in 1483 and converted into a fortified city in 1491 for the siege of the Moorish city of Granada.

The city was modeled on Briviesca, a place in the province of Burgos ; The simple grid system of the streets then became a style-defining feature for many Spanish start-ups in the new world.

The Treaty of Granada was signed here on November 25, 1491 , which marked the end of Moorish rule over the empire and the city of Granada. On April 17, 1492, the surrender of Santa Fe was signed here, with which the Spanish royal couple Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragón granted the navigator Christopher Columbus the right to look for a sea route to India and make him viceroy and Made governor general over all areas discovered by him.

Because of these events, Santa Fe is sometimes considered the "birthplace of modern Spain".

Population development

year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2008
Residents	6,424	7.193	7,850	8,895	10.121	10,231	9,760	10,614	11,291	12,000	12,730	15,107
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Buildings

The neoclassical Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación was built in the 18th century on the site of a small temple built at the behest of the Catholic kings that was destroyed in an earthquake.
Of the original four city gates, three are still preserved (La Puerta de Jaén, La Puerta de Granada and La Puerta de Loja). On the Puerta de Loja there is a plaque with the following inscription: Rex Ferdinandus, Regina Elisabet, urben quan cemis, mínima constituere die adversus fides erecta est, ut conterat ostes. Hit censet dice, nomine Santa Fides .
The town hall on Plaza de España, built in 1932 in Neomudejár style.
The Centro Damián Bayón, built in 1992, is located where the treaty between Columbus and the Catholic Kings was signed in 1492. It houses the Instituto de America de Santa Fe, whose aim is to showcase the art and culture of the Americas.