Canete is a city and commune in Chile in Arauco Province, Biobio Region. It’s located 135 km to the south of Concepcion. In 1552, Pedro de Valdivia founded the Tucapel Fort, near the present city of Cañete. In 1553, after destroying the fort, the native Mapuche defeated the Spanish army here in the Battle of Tucapel, and killed Pedro de Valdivia.
The city of Canete was later founded between December of 1557 and January of 1558 by the Governor Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza with the name of Cañete de la Frontera three kilometers to the west of the present location of the city. Canete was named after Mendoza’s father, Andres Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Canete, Viceroy of Peru.

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