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Caparra
Spanish settlers called Caparra, the island's first capita...
Casa del Rey
Constructed as a parador, or inn, about 1823, Casa del Rey...
Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site
The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site dates from Puerto ...
Teatro Yagüez
Originally constructed in 1909, the Yagüez Theater has bee...
Faro de Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo
Located on an isolated point with white lime cliffs surrou...
San Germán Historic District
Spanish colonists established Villa de San Germán de Auxer...
Church of San Germán Auxerre
The Church of San Germán Auxerre overlooks the town of San...
Convento de Porta Coeli
Dominican friars built the Convento de Porta Coeli in 1609...
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...
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Caparra
Spanish settlers called Caparra, the island's first capital, La Ciudad de Puerto Rico (the city of Puerto Rico). Ponce de León, Puerto Rico's first governor, established this first European settlement in 1508. His great ambitions for the settlement collapsed, however, ...
Casa del Rey
Constructed as a parador, or inn, about 1823, Casa del Rey, the "King's House," provided housing for Spanish government personnel. The building, the oldest in the town of Dorado, also served as the regional military headquarters. In 1848, Jacinto López ...
Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site
The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site dates from Puerto Rico's late prehistoric and early contact era. The Taino Indians constructed the stone-lined ball courts, called bateyes, between 1200 and 1500 AD, and they used the site throughout the Spanish contact ...
Teatro Yagüez
Originally constructed in 1909, the Yagüez Theater has been the leader in presenting grand opera, international dance and chamber orchestra music in Mayagüez. Teatro Yagüez also served as a pioneer movie house. The current building was the product of one ...
Faro de Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo
Located on an isolated point with white lime cliffs surrounded by lagoons and marshes, Cabo Rojo, built in 1882, marks the southeast entrance from the Caribbean Sea through Mona Passage into the Atlantic Ocean. Cabo Rojo's lighthouse has simple decorative ...
San Germán Historic District
Spanish colonists established Villa de San Germán de Auxerre, also known as Nueva Salamanca, in the early years of the 16th century. The town of San Germán grew out of the settlement formally established in 1573, and it is this ...
Church of San Germán Auxerre
The Church of San Germán Auxerre overlooks the town of San Germán's main plaza. Spanish settlers founded San Germán parish in 1510 and built the first permanent church in 1688. Puerto Ricans repaired and reconstructed the church between 1717 and ...
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 ...
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 ...
