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Fort Christian
Governor Jørgen Iversen led the second expeditionary force...
Estate Niesky
Estate Niesky was a working plantation purchased by the Mo...
Saint Elme Citadel
The Saint Elme Citadel is a 16th century fortification loc...
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...
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...
San Germán Historic District
Spanish colonists established Villa de San Germán de Auxer...
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Fort Christian
Governor Jørgen Iversen led the second expeditionary force from Denmark to St. Thomas, where he arrived on May 25, 1672; there, he initiated construction of Fort Christian, named after Danish King Christian V. By 1676, builders had completed the fort's ...
Estate Niesky
Estate Niesky was a working plantation purchased by the Moravian Church in 1755 to supplement its mission at New Hernhut in eastern St. Thomas. Count Zinzendorf, the leader of the Moravian movement, asked Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg to establish missions in ...
Saint Elme Citadel
The Saint Elme Citadel is a 16th century fortification located in Villefranche-sur-Mer, a French commune of the Provence-Alps-Côte d'Azur on the French Rivera near the southeastern border of Italy. Commissioned by the Duke of Savoy in 1557 to protect his ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
