Located in the central province of Sancti Spiritus, the formerly known as the Villa of the Holy Trinity had its origin to 1514, to be among the first seven villages founded by the Spanish in the Cuban archipelago.

The Villa of the Holy Trinity was the third founded by the Spanish Crown in Cuba with the presence of the Adelantado Don Diego Velazquez de Cuellar, in early 1514, on the banks of the river Arimao.