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Convento de Porta Coeli
Dominican friars built the Convento de Porta Coeli in 1609...
Hacienda Buena Vista
Hacienda Buena Vista, considered one of Puerto Rico's best...
Castillo de Serrallés
The Serrallés Mansion was built in 1926 into the south sid...
Parque de Bombas de Ponce
The Parque de Bombas de Ponce (Old Ponce Fire Station) was...
Centro Ceremonial Indigena
The Centro Ceremonial Indigena, located in Tibes ward, clo...
Picó Pomar Residence
Built in 1840 for José Pomar, a wealthy merchant from Mall...
Church of San Blas de Illescas of Coamo
The Church of San Blas de Illescas of Coamo is separated f...
Casa Natal de Luis Muñoz Rivera
The Casa Natal de Luis Muñoz Rivera was the birthplace of ...
Casa Cautiño
Casa Cautiño's owner, Genaro Cautiño Vázquez, was a wealth...
Casa Roig
Architect Antonin Nechodoma designed the 2-story Casa Roig...
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Convento de Porta Coeli
Dominican friars built the Convento de Porta Coeli in 1609 at the crest of a hill in what is now San Germán. During the 18th century the Convento was reconstructed and a church built next to it. The single nave ...
Hacienda Buena Vista
Hacienda Buena Vista, considered one of Puerto Rico's best remaining examples of a coffee plantation, consists of an 87 acre agricultural complex constructed in the mid-19th century. The hacienda's principle buildings, grouped together within a three acre area, include the ...
Castillo de Serrallés
The Serrallés Mansion was built in 1926 into the south side of "El Vigia," one of the rolling foothills north of Ponce's center, for Eugenio Serrallés, a leader in the local sugar cane industry. The house, designed by architect Pedro ...
Parque de Bombas de Ponce
The Parque de Bombas de Ponce (Old Ponce Fire Station) was built as the main exhibit pavilion for the 1882 Exhibition Trade Fair. Architect Lt. Col. Maximo Meana of the Spanish Army designed the pavillion; he later served as Ponce's ...
Centro Ceremonial Indigena
The Centro Ceremonial Indigena, located in Tibes ward, close to the town of Ponce, is one of the largest and most important ceremonial sites in Puerto Rico. Archeological investigation and radiocarbon dating indicate that the site's major period of occupation ...
Picó Pomar Residence
Built in 1840 for José Pomar, a wealthy merchant from Mallorca, Spain, the Picó Pomar Residence represents the austerity and elegance of the Spanish neoclassical style. During the second half of the 19th century, it functioned as one of Puerto ...
Church of San Blas de Illescas of Coamo
The Church of San Blas de Illescas of Coamo is separated from the open plaza below by a series of ceremonial steps and a delicate cast iron balustrade. Construction on the church began in 1661; it has since been judged ...
Casa Natal de Luis Muñoz Rivera
The Casa Natal de Luis Muñoz Rivera was the birthplace of distinguished liberal politician, journalist, orator and writer Luis Muñoz Rivera in 1859. Luis Muñoz Rivera collaborated on such newspapers as El Pueblo, Clamor del País and El Buscapié; he ...
Casa Cautiño
Casa Cautiño's owner, Genaro Cautiño Vázquez, was a wealthy Guayama landowner as well as a colonel of the Volunteer Battalion of the Spanish Army. During the Spanish-Americn War, Casa Cautiño served as the headquarters for the American forces, and it ...
Casa Roig
Architect Antonin Nechodoma designed the 2-story Casa Roig for Antonio Roig. Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, Nechodoma adapted Wright's style in the building design. The T-shaped house constructed in 1920 has strong horizontal features and wide, projecting cornices. Nechodoma produced ...
