Concepción de la Vega – Historical Archaeology https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/research/dominican-republic/concepcion-de-la-vega/
In 1492, Columbus built a small fort near what is today the town of La Vega in the central Dominican Republic. It was intended to guard the route to the interior gold deposits of the Cibao valley. A Spanish settlement known as Concepción de la Vega gradually grew up around the fort, and aft
Link: http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0022363 Shephard, Herschel 1997 A Report: