Personification of Caledonia by the Victorian artist William Hole. Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Romans to the land in today's Scotland north of their province of Britannia, beyond the frontier of their empire. The etymology of the name is probably from a P-Celtic source. Its modern usage is as a romantic or poetic name for Scotland as a whole, comparable with Hibernia for Ireland and Cambria for Wales.
Plaza de ColÃ³n, PeÃ±afiel, Spain. 135 likes. Plaza de ColÃ³n is located in the encounter of ChamberÃ­, Centro and Salamanca districts of Madrid, Spain. This...
He also founded the settlement (a Spanish pueblo) of San Juan on the Rio Grande near the Native American Pueblo, located in the present day U.S. state of New Mexico. In 1609, Pedro de Peralta, a later governor of the Province of New Mexico, established the settlement of Santa Fe in the region of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the Rio Grande.