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Tercero (Ponce)
Tercero (''Barrio Tercero'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero Primero (in English also called Primus, ', or in Italian '' or Spanish ''Primera'')'', is a 16th-century gambling card game of which the earliest reference dates back to 1526. Primero is closely related to the game of primo visto (a.k.a. prima-v ..., Segundo, Cuarto (Ponce), Cuarto, Quinto (Ponce), Quinto, and Sexto (Ponce), Sexto, Tercero is one of the municipality's Ponce, Puerto Rico#Barrios, six core urban barrios. It was organized in 1878. Location Tercero is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and east of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias. Boundaries Barrio Tercero is bounded on the North by Isabel Street, on the South by Comercio/Francisco Parra Duperón Street, on the West by Plaza Degetau and Plaza Munoz Rivera Streets, and on the East by Rio Portugues. In term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Barrios Of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Ponce History Museum
The Museo de la Historia de Ponce (Museum of the History of Ponce) is a museum located in the historic Casa Salazar-Candal in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The museum depicts the city's ecology, economy, architecture, government, and elements of daily life. It seeks to promote the research, conservation, and dissemination of the historic heritage of Ponce and Puerto Rico. Inaugurated on 12 December 1992, it was the first museum in Puerto Rico established to cover the history of the people of a town or city. It traces the city's history from the Taino Indians to today. The Museum was inaugurated under the administration of Mayor Rafael Cordero Santiago, as part of the tricentennial celebration of the founding of the city. It is located in the historic district of the city, a short two-block walk from the central Plaza Las Delicias town square, at the southeast corner of Isabel and Mayor Cantera streets. The Museum proper is housed in the historic Casa Salazar-Candal but also i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Degetau
Plaza Degetau, formally Plaza Federico Degetau, is the larger of two plazas at Plaza Las Delicias, the main city square in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The other plaza is named Plaza Muñoz Rivera and is located north of Plaza Degetau. The square is notable for its fountains and for the various monuments it contains. The historic Parque de Bombas and Ponce Cathedral buildings are located bordering the north side of this plaza. The square is the center of the Ponce Historic Zone, and it is flanked by the historic Ponce City Hall to the south, the cathedral and historic firehouse to the north, the NRHP-listed Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño and Banco de Ponce buildings to the east, and the Armstrong-Poventud Residence to the west. The square dates back to the early Spanish settlement in Ponce of 1670. It is the main tourist attraction of the city, receiving about a quarter of a million visitors per year. History According to the traditional Spanish colonial custom, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parque De Bombas
The Parque de Bombas ( en, firehouse) is a historic former fire station in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is one of Puerto Rico's most notable buildings, with some considering it "by far the most easily recognized landmark in the Island." It is located at the Plaza Las Delicias town square, directly behind Ponce Cathedral. Originally built in 1882 as a pavilion for an exhibition, it became Puerto Rico's first ever fire station.Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico By Kurt Pitzer, Tara Stevens, page 226 Retrieved 28 June 2009. In 1990, the fire station closed and was converted into a . It was listed in the |
List Of Communities In Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, including the 40 subbarrios of Santurce, which is a barrio of San Juan and a few communities (, on the U.S. Census) arranged in alphabetical order. Barrios (which for US census purposes, are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others. ''Sectores'' are not on this list. __NOTOC__ A * Abra Honda, Camuy * Abras, Corozal * Aceitunas, Moca * Achiote, Naranjito * Adjuntas barrio-pueblo * Aguacate, Aguadilla * Aguacate, Yabucoa * Aguada barrio-pueblo * Aguadilla barri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Melia
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Los Chinos De Ponce
Los Chinos de Ponce (English: ''"The Chinesemen of Ponce"''), formally King's Cream, is an Ice cream parlor located at ''Calle Marina 9322'' in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in front of the town square, Plaza Degetau, opposite the historic Parque de Bombas. Critics have called the site "a Puerto Rican institution" and its ice cream "the Caribbean's best." It has also been called "Puerto Rico's most famous ice cream stand." Another critic called it " he reasonfor which I'll always remember Ponce." History Their owners/founders were Alfredo Louk, originally from Guangzhou, China (Canton in Spanish), and his wife Violeta Chang de Louk, a Cuban woman of Chinese immigrant parents. The couple had fled the Fidel Castro government and established themselves in Ponce in 1963. They opened the first King's Cream store in 1964. It was located at ''61 Calle Vives'', between ''Calle Union'' and ''Calle Atocha''. A second outlet of the same company opened three blocks away across Plaza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salazar-Candal House
Casa Salazar-Candal ( en, Salazar–Candal House) is a historic building located on the southeast corner of Isabel and Mayor Cantera streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the city's historic district. The building dates from 1911. It was designed by the architect Blas Silva. The architecture consists of 19th Classical revival, Art Nouveau and Spanish Revival architectural styles. Today the Salazar–Candal Residence houses the Museum of the History of Ponce. History Casa Salazar was designed in 1911 by Blas Silva Boucher as the residence of Dr. Guillermo Salazar Palau and his wife Sara Isabel Rivera Carbonell. The house was a Guillermo Salazar Palua's wedding gift to his wife Sara Isabel. Later, it became the headquarters of the '' Alianza Nacionalista de Ponce'' (Ponce Nationalist Alliance) and later on yet, the headquarters for the ''Liga Progresista de Ponce'' (Ponce Progressive League), an organization seeking to preserve and advance the social, cultural, and commercial inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco Crédito Y Ahorro Ponceño (building)
The Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño building (or Banco Crédito, for short), a historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was the first and main office of the historic Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (English: ''Ponce Credit and Savings Bank''), and represents one of the last examples of the once popular turn-of-the-century eclectic architecture. The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1987. It was built in 1924. The building was owned by Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño which was one of the largest banking companies in the country of Puerto Rico during most of the twentieth century. Location The building is located on Calle Marina (Marina Street) and Calle Amor (Amor Street, now "Paseo Arias" (Arias Promenade), facing west across Plaza Degetau. It is bounded on the east by Calle Mayor (Mayor Street). Amor Street was also called ''Callejon Amor'' (Amor Alley), literally, ''Love Alley''. In 1991, Amor Street was converted into a promen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponce High School
The Ponce High School is public educational institution in Ponce, Puerto Rico, offering grades nine through twelve. The school's main building is a historic structure located on Cristina Street, in the Ponce Historic Zone. From its beginning the school has secured a unique place in Puerto Rico's educational history. Of over 3,000 schools erected in Puerto Rico in the first quarter of the twentieth century, Ponce High was the largest, "at a time enrolling more students than all the other Puerto Rico high schools combined", and for many years enrolling more students than any other high school in Puerto Rico. The cost of the building in 1915 dollars was $150,000 USD ($ in dollars). The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 4 August 1987. The school has the only diamond-level DECA chapter in Puerto Rico. The Ponce High School building is "among the most important public buildings ever built in Puerto Rico." The school is the oldest continuously-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco De Ponce (building)
The Banco de Ponce building, a historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was the first and main office of Banco de Ponce until the company merged with Banco Popular in 1990. Though its headquarters had moved to a presumptuous building in Hato Rey's Milla de Oro by then, Banco de Ponce continued to consider this building its main office, until the company merged with Banco Popular in 1990. The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1987. It was built in 1924. Location The building is located facing Plaza Degetau. The large structure occupies a small city block. It is bounded by Mayor, Francisco Parra Duperon (also known as Comercio), Marina, and Amor streets. Amor street was also called ''Callejon Amor'', or Amor Alley; literally, ''Love Alley''. In 1991, Amor street was converted into a promenade and renamed Paseo Antonio Arias Ventura, after the long-time employee of the bank who started as a custodian and rose to become the ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRHP
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners and inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
