The Santa Elena Foundation is a local non profit organization in Beaufort, South Carolina
Visit the Santa Elena History Center to learn the full story of America's early history through Santa Elena the Spanish capital settled by Pedro Menendez in 1566 right here in Beaufort, SC
The mission of the Santa Elena Foundation is the discovery, preservation, and promotion of the “Lost Century” of European colonization through the international story of Santa Elena, the 16th Century la Florida settlement that became the colonial Spanish capital in present-day United States.