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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 ...
Arenas Bridge
The Arenas Bridge was the longest span built in Puerto Ric...
Casa Roig
Architect Antonin Nechodoma designed the 2-story Casa Roig...
Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan
The Spanish erected the lighthouse, officially lit on May ...
Parroquia del Espíritu Santo
Loiza parish's Parroquia del Espíritu Santo y San Patricio...
El Capitolio de Puerto Rico
For Puerto Ricans, El Capitolio de Puerto Rico stands as a...
Polvorín de San Gerónimo
The Polvorín de San Gerónimo (San Geronimo Powderhouse) is...
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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 ...
Arenas Bridge
The Arenas Bridge was the longest span built in Puerto Rico during the Spanish Colonial period. Designed by Mariano Sichar, who was then the District Engineer at Ponce, the 23,623 pound steel truss was built in 1894 by the prominent ...
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 ...
Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan
The Spanish erected the lighthouse, officially lit on May 2, 1882, on the spot judged, in 1782, by Fray Iñigo Abbad y Lasierra, writer of the first formal history of Puerto Rico, as "the reference point of those who regularly ...
Parroquia del Espíritu Santo
Loiza parish's Parroquia del Espíritu Santo y San Patricio represents an ethically distinct community characterized by a rich Afro-Hispanic cultural and folk craft tradition. The church building, constructed in 1645, is one of Puerto Rico's oldest churches. The church's massive ...
El Capitolio de Puerto Rico
For Puerto Ricans, El Capitolio de Puerto Rico stands as a powerful symbol of self-government. Former resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Rivera promoted the idea of constructing a capitol building as early as 1907; later he was the ...
Polvorín de San Gerónimo
The Polvorín de San Gerónimo (San Geronimo Powderhouse) is one of four gunpowder and ammunition storage buildings the Spanish built in the 18th century as part of San Juan's defensive system. The brick and masonry building, which has a rectangular ...
