miejsca: Old San Juan

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Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district or quarter located at the "northwest triangle" of San Juan Islet in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios (sub-districts) of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Old San Juan is the oldest settlement within Puerto Rico and the historic colonial district of the city of San Juan. This historic district is a Puerto Rico Registered Historic Zone and a National Historic Landmark District, Old San Juan Historic District, and is also listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Severa…

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San Juan Antiguo is one of the 18 barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico. San Juan Antiguo is further divided into 7 subbarrios or districts, namely Puerta de Tierra in the east, and Ballajá, Catedral, Mercado, San Cristóbal, San Francisco, and Marina in the west. San Juan Antiguo is located entirely within San Juan Islet, a small island in the northeastern Atlantic coast of Puerto Rico, where the oldest permanent European settlement, today the Old San Juan historic quarter, was founded in 1521. It is connected to the main island of Puerto Rico by two bridges and a causeway.

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The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist (Spanish: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de San Juan Bautista), officially known as the Minor Basilica of Saint John the Baptist and Parish of Our Lady of Remedies (Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista y Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los Remedios), is the Catholic cathedral for the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico. Located in the Old San Juan historic district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, it is one of the oldest buildings in both Puerto Rico and the Americas, the oldest purpose-built cathedral building and second-oldest existing cathedral in the Americas, and the third cathedral to be constructed in the Americas. The cathedral c…

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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. This fortification system is the oldest European construction under United States jurisdiction and one of the oldest in the New World. This national historic site, together with La Fortaleza, have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983.

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Site Characteristics of a Weathered Old Alluvium in San Juan, Puerto Rico

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The Tourism Industry of Puerto Rico. Miguel A. Domenech. Office of Statistics and Economic Studies, Tourism Company of Puerto Rico, Tourism Building, 301 San Justo Street, P.O. Box 4435, Old San Juan Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00903. 1986. 85p

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The Tourism Industry of Puerto Rico, Selected Statistics 1984-1985. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Tourism Building, 301 San Justo Street, PO Box 4435, Old San Juan Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00905

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Bayamón (Spanish pronunciation: [baʝaˈmon], locally [baʝaˈmoŋ]) is a city and municipality in Puerto Rico. Located on the northeastern coastal plain, it is bounded by Guaynabo to the east, Toa Alta and Naranjito to the west, Toa Baja and Cataño to the north, and Aguas Buenas and Comerío to the south. Part of the San Juan metropolitan area, Bayamón is spread over 11 barrios and the downtown area and administrative center of Bayamón Pueblo. With a population of 185,187 as of the 2020 census, it is the second most populated municipality in the archipelago and island after the capital of San Juan.

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Portoryko (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). capital: San Juan. area: 8870 km2. landlocked: no. land borders: 0. region: Americas. subregion: Caribbean

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San Juan Islet (Spanish: Isleta de San Juan) is an islet or small island on San Juan Bay in the northeastern Atlantic coast of the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico. Covering 3 sq mi (7.8 km2) in the north-central part of the metropolitan area of San Juan, the capital city and municipality, the islet is organized as a barrio of San Juan under the name of San Juan Antiguo. It is divided into seven districts, namely Puerta de Tierra in the east, and Ballajá, Catedral, Mercado, San Cristóbal, San Francisco, and Marina in the west, which collectively comprise the original capital city under Spanish Empire rule, today the Old San Juan quarter. Since 1521, it has served as the seat of governm…

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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 the Caribbean. These walls, along with the defensive fortresses in Old San Juan (La Fortaleza, El Morro and San Cristóbal), form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site-designated San Juan National Historic Site as they are characteristic examples of the historic methods of construction used in military architecture which adapted European designs and t…

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La Perla (English: "The Pearl") is a small historic neighborhood in San Juan Islet in northeastern Puerto Rico, located within the districts of San Cristóbal and Mercado of San Juan Antiguo barrio in San Juan, the capital city and municipality. It is surrounded by the north wall of the Old San Juan quarter in the south, Atlantic Ocean in the north, Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in the west, and San Cristóbal fortress in the east. Named after a nonextant small fort built in the area in the early 1600s, it was first established around a slaughterhouse as a shantytown for farmers selling crops in the nearby market within the city during the 1800s. Despite being a historically impove…