History of San Martin de Loba

At death Ortiz Nieto, took possession of this land his daughter Maria Ortiz and settled in the town then called Wolf, La Vieja. After finding that there was a large reserve of gold mining began at the site La Cueva de Doña María known today as Cerro de La Puya. Maria Ortiz, like all Spanish colonizers brought a stone image of St. Martin of Tour, which was his holy devotion, to submit their black slaves.



For unknown reasons, Maria Ortiz left these territories leaving the image in his holy people, for the great fervor that the faithful were taking him. The town was renamed San Martin de Loba, the name is now known. The year was 1689.



The first cemetery was located where now stands the church, then in 1882 moved to where today the market works, and in 1909 was relocated to the outskirts of town, where you are today.



The mining boom has had in the years 1687, 1880, 1950, 1979 and 1996, initially grinding was done on a rock on the banks of Playon de Santa Rosa, known today as the Piedra del Molino.



Thus San Martín de Loba has evolved over time, from an indigenous community with a mixed mining vocation and mining, farming and fishing community vocation