La conquista de Santa Fé de Bogotá

The play La conquista de Santa F\u00e9 de Bogot\u00e1 by Fernando de Orbea, likely first performed in 1710, dramatizes the Spanish conquest of the region that would become Bogot\u00e1, Colombia. Orbea's family held government positions in the Viceroyalty of Peru. The play presents a vision of the conquest modeled after Virgil's Aeneid and colonial chronicles, featuring arias and recitative in both Spanish and Quechua.1

The historical conquest of the area was led by Gonzalo Jim\u00e9nez de Quesada, who founded Santa F\u00e9 de Bogot\u00e1 in 1538 after defeating the Chibcha Indians. This marked a significant step in Spain's colonization of New Granada. The establishment of the audiencia of Santaf\u00e9 de Bogot\u00e1 in 1549 officially opened the colonial era in the region.2345