Presidio Santa Maria de Galve

Presidio Santa María de Galve
Former settlement
Pensacola: Site of 1698 settlement near Fort Barrancas is marked "X" (above left end of Santa Rosa Island).
Presidio Santa María de Galve
Coordinates: 30°20′00″N 87°08′15″W / 30.33333°N 87.13750°W / 30.33333; -87.13750
Country	New Spain
Territory	Spanish Florida
Founded	1698 (1698)-1707 (1707)

The Presidio Santa María de Galve, founded in 1698 by Spanish colonists, was the first European settlement of Pensacola, Florida after that of Tristan de Luna in 1559–1561. It was in the area of Fort Barrancas at modern-day Naval Air Station Pensacola, in northwestern Florida. The presidio included Fort San Carlos de Austria and an adjacent village.