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Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site
The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site dates from Puerto ...
Plaza Pública
The Emperor of Spain, Phillip II, decreed in 1576 that pla...
Faro de Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo
Located on an isolated point with white lime cliffs surrou...
Hacienda Buena Vista
Hacienda Buena Vista, considered one of Puerto Rico's best...
Parque de Bombas de Ponce
The Parque de Bombas de Ponce (Old Ponce Fire Station) was...
Church of San Blas de Illescas of Coamo
The Church of San Blas de Illescas of Coamo is separated f...
Arenas Bridge
The Arenas Bridge was the longest span built in Puerto Ric...
Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan
The Spanish erected the lighthouse, officially lit on May ...
Fortin de San Gerónimo de Baquerón
In 1609, Governor Don Gabriel de Rojas ordered the constru...
Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church
Constructed in 1801, Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church has t...
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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 ...
Plaza Pública
The Emperor of Spain, Phillip II, decreed in 1576 that plazas in the "New World" colonies were to be created following his rigid requirements, namely that plazas were to be placed in the center of each settlement, with major government, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fortin de San Gerónimo de Baquerón
In 1609, Governor Don Gabriel de Rojas ordered the construction of the Fortin de San Gerónimo de Boquerón at Boquerón beach, the site of a small, four-cannon defensive battery. The location of San Juan on an islet, slightly separated from ...
Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church
Constructed in 1801, Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church has the distinction of being the oldest Presbyterian Church building in Kentucky. The church was established in 1785 to serve the religious needs of the early pioneers. The first pastor of the church ...
