La Frontera (Chile)

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La Frontera is a name used in

Republic of Chile, with the Mapuche people inhabiting the Araucanía following their revolt in 1598. Subsequently, the Spanish Empire established a system of forts between the Bío Bío River and the Itata River, as well as some within the Araucanía. This system continued through the 18th century and into the 19th century.[citation needed
]

Forts and settlements of La Frontera

The first fortress rebuilt following the 1599 destruction of the forts in

Francisco de Quiñónez
.

17th century

In 1601

to secure estancias that provided food to the army.

In 1602 Ribera rebuilt the small

Valdivia
on the site of the ruined city but it had to be abandoned by the starving remnant of its garrison after a terrible two-year siege.

In 1603 Ribera built

Fort Calbuco on a channel between the Reloncaví Sound and the Gulf of Ancud
.

In 1606, Alonso García de Ramón built Fort San Ignacio de la Redención near Boroa but it was abandoned soon after the ambush of most of its garrison.

In 1607 García de Ramón rebuilt Fort Purén and San Jerónimo de Millapoa but as a result of a peace agreement with the Moluche of Catirai he soon dismantled the later.

In 1611 Luis Merlo de la Fuente built fort San Luis de Angol a little to the south of the old city of Angol.

In 1613 Alonso de Ribera built Fort Virguenco in the upper part of the Rehue River and rebuilt the fort at Puren again.

In 1621, Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor rebuilt the fort of Yumbel the same year it was destroyed. He also built fort San Cristóbal de La Paz and fortified the town around the fort San Bartolomé de Chillán.

In 1622, Pedro Osores de Ulloa built Fort Negrete.

8 March 1626,

Santa Juana de Guadalcazar
.

In 1637, Francisco Laso de la Vega established fort San Francisco de la Vega near the ruined site of the city of Angol, abandoning fort San Luis de Angol.

In 1641, all the Spanish forts south of the Bio Bio were abandoned under the terms of the Peace of Quilín.

In 1647,

Santa Juana in 1648, and at Boroa
in 1649.

In 1657

San Fabián de Conueo northeast of Concepcion. Meanwhile, captain Alonso de Cordova y Figueroa built Fort Tolpán at the confluence of the Renaico and Vergara Rivers
.

In 1661 Governor Porter Casanate built fort

.

In 1662

lost in 1655.

In 1663 Paredo rebuilt fort San Cristóbal de La Paz.

In 1665 Francisco de Meneses Brito established fort San Carlos de Virhuenco on the upper Rehue River and rebuilt forts Nacimiento de Nuestro Señor and Puren.

In 1666 Meneses built fort Santa Fe and Fort de la Encarnación in Repucura. He also rebuilt San Carlos de Austria de Yumbel.

In 1693

Tomás Marín de Poveda rebuilt fort Buena Esperanza de Rere
.

In 1694 Marín de Poveda restored Fort de la Encarnación and a Mission in Repucura.

In 1695 Marín de Poveda built fort Santo Tomás de Colhué.

18th century

In 1724

Santa Juana de Guadalcázar and Santo Tomás de Colhué. He transferred from Arauco Province the garrison and inhabitants of Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel
to the bank of the Laja River near the Andes where a new fort of the same name was built.

In 1739,

fort
Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles.

In 1749 fort Nacimiento was moved to the present site of the modern town of Nacimiento.

In 1756,

Manuel de Amat y Juniet founded fort Santa Bárbara and established the towns of San Rafael de Talcamavida and San Juan Bautista de Gualqui

In 1757 Amat y Juniet made Nacimiento a town.

In 1764 Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga established Fort Repucura and a mission at Repucura once again.

In 1777, the then military engineer

Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa, a fort San Agustín de Mesamávida
.

In 1788 Governor Ambrosio O'Higgins built Fort Príncipe Carlos on the Duqueco River.

In 1792 the forces of Governor Ambrosio O'Higgins under Tomás de Figueroa took possession of the site of the city of Osorno ruined in 1602, and constructed a fort there. O'Higgins reestablished it as a city in 1796.

See also

Sources

  • Diego de Rosales, Historia General del Reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano, 3 tomos. Valparaíso 1877–1878.
  • Crescente Errázuriz, Seis años de la historia de Chile: 23 de diciembre de 1598- 9 de abril de 1605: memoria histórica, Impr. Nacional, Sanitiago de Chile, 1881.
  • Atlas de Historia de Chile, Editorial Universitaria, pp. 54–55
  • Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga y Cienfuegos, Diccionario geográfico de la República de Chile, D. Appleton y Compania, Nueva York, 1899

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