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Casa Cautiño
Casa Cautiño's owner, Genaro Cautiño Vázquez, was a wealth...
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...
Casa de España
Puerto Rican architect Pedro de Castro designed the Casa d...
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...
Fortin de San Gerónimo de Baquerón
In 1609, Governor Don Gabriel de Rojas ordered the constru...
La Fortaleza
La Fortaleza was the first fortification built in San Juan...
San Juan National Historic Site
San Juan National Historic Site, administered by the Natio...
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Casa Cautiño
Casa Cautiño's owner, Genaro Cautiño Vázquez, was a wealthy Guayama landowner as well as a colonel of the Volunteer Battalion of the Spanish Army. During the Spanish-Americn War, Casa Cautiño served as the headquarters for the American forces, and it ...
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 ...
Casa de España
Puerto Rican architect Pedro de Castro designed the Casa de España building in 1932 for a privite civic and cultural organization composed of Spanish citizens living in Puerto Rico. Spanish Moorish architecture inspired de Castro's design, which is notable for ...
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 ...
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 ...
La Fortaleza
La Fortaleza was the first fortification built in San Juan harbor. Constructed between 1533 and 1540, the original fort consisted of a circular tower and four massive stone walls. The Spanish military constructed a second tower, called the Austral, at ...
San Juan National Historic Site
San Juan National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, includes forts, bastions, powder houses, walls and El Cañuelo Fort, also called San Juan de la Cruz--defensive fortifications that once surrounded the old, colonial portion of San Juan. El ...
