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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...
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 ...
Arenas Bridge
The Arenas Bridge was the longest span built in Puerto Ric...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
