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  2. Plaza Colón (San Juan) - Wikipedia

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    October 10, 1972. Plaza Colón ( Spanish for Columbus square or plaza ), formerly called Santiago Square, is a plaza or public town square located in Old San Juan where the easternmost city walls and main city gate (Puerta de Santiago) used to be located. The square today is a popular meeting place and is often used as a starting point for ...

  3. Old San Juan - Wikipedia

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    Old San Juan. /  18.46639°N 66.11028°W  / 18.46639; -66.11028. Old San Juan ( Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" [ 4] of the islet of San Juan in San Juan. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios (sub-districts ...

  4. San Juan National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park Service-managed historic site which preserves and interprets the Spanish colonial-era fortification system of the city of San Juan, and features structures such as the San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. [3]

  5. Walls of Old San Juan - Wikipedia

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    The Walls of Old San Juan ( Spanish: Murallas del Viejo San Juan) is a defensive city wall that surrounds the western end of the San Juan Islet, site of the historic district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This defensive wall system was built between the 16th and 18th centuries to protect the city and the Bay of San Juan, a highly strategic point in ...

  6. Castillo San Cristóbal (San Juan) - Wikipedia

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    Castillo San Cristóbal ( English: Saint Christopher Castle) is a fortress in the historic district of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as the largest fortification built by the Spanish in the New World. [ 2 ] Dating back to defense expansions following attacks by the English in 1598 and the Dutch in 1625, it was first built in 1634 as the ...

  7. Plaza de Armas, San Juan - Wikipedia

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    October 10, 1972. The Plaza de Armas of San Juan, formerly known as the Plaza Mayor, is a plaza de armas and one of the main squares in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. It is located on the Fortaleza and San José Streets in Old San Juan. Built in 1521, it was designed to serve as both the original main square and market square for the ...

  8. Puerta de Tierra, San Juan - Wikipedia

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    October 15, 2019. Puerta de Tierra is a subbarrio (subdistrict) occupying the eastern portion of the Islet of San Juan and the barrio of San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The name Puerta de Tierra ( Spanish for land gate) derives from the former eastern gated entrance to the walled city of San Juan where Plaza ...

  9. Plaza Colón - Wikipedia

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    Plaza Colón. /  18.201108°N 67.139103°W  / 18.201108; -67.139103. Plaza Colón is the main plaza in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This plaza and its fountain commemorate the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón. [ 3] The plaza presents the traditional urban relationship in Puerto Rico with ...

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