Pedro de la Roca de Borja or Pedro de la Roca y Borja was a Spanish noble and the colonial governor of Santiago de Cuba from 1637 to 1640 or 1643. He was a member of the prestigious

House of Borja The House of Borgia ( , ; Spanish language, Spanish and an, Borja ; ca-valencia, Borja ) was an Italian-Aragonese Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Valencia, the surname being a Topony ...

family. In 1637, Pedro de la Roca de Borja took over the Spanish governorship of Santiago de Cuba from

Juan de Amezqueta Quijano ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

. He was succeeded as the city's governor by Bartolomé de Osuna in December 1643.

Legacy

The

Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca The Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (also known by the less formal title of Castillo del Morro or as San Pedro de la Roca Castle) is a fortress on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba. About 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the c ...

overlooking the entry to the Bay of Santiago and serving as a defense against raiding pirates and colonial competitors was named in his honor.

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People from Costera 17th-century Spanish people

Pedro de la Roca Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

Spanish colonial governors and administrators Government of Cuba Spanish colonial period of Cuba Spanish untitled nobility {{Spain-bio-stub