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Timeline Of San Juan, Puerto Rico
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. 16th–18th centuries * 1511 – First Catholic Diocese established in San Juan * 1521 – "Ciudad de San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico" founded by Spanish colonists from nearby Caparra. * 1523 – Convento de Santo Tomas de Aquino founded. * 1524 – Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion hospital built. * 1526 – October 4: St. Francis Hurricane occurs. * 1529 – October 18: Harbor attack by Caribs. * 1530 ** August 5: Hurricane occurs. ** Casa Blanca built. * 1532 – San José Church construction begins. * 1540 – La Fortaleza built. * 1542 – Cathedral of San Juan Bautista construction begins. * 1560 – City wall construction begins. * 1560s – San Antonio Bridge built across Condado Lagoon. * 1568 – September 7: Hurricane occurs. * 1582 – Population: 850 (approximate estimate). * 1591 – Castillo San Felipe del Morro construction begins.. Retrieved May 24, 2017 * 1595 – Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Plaza De Armas, San Juan
The Plaza de Armas of San Juan is one of the main squares in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. It is located on San José Street in Old San Juan, and was designed to serve as the original main square for the city. San Juan City Hall is located to the north of the square, while the Puerto Rico Department of State lies at the west. The square's main feature is a round fountain with four marble statues representing "The Four Seasons", originally placed in the four corners of the square, which had been commissioned in 1856 to the "motherland A homeland is a place where a cultural, national, or racial identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethni ...", to be placed in Paseo La Princesa esplanade in Old San Juan. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco (Puerto Rico)
San Francisco, within Old San Juan, is one of the 7 subbarrios of San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico. A historic church, the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, is located in San Francisco. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of San Francisco was 1,177. In 2010, the population of San Francisco was 796. Saint Francis of Assisi Church (Church of Saint Francis of Assisi) is located on San Francisco Street. This historic church gives its name to the subdistrict. Some famous Puerto Rican figures such as Impressionist painter Francisco Oller have been buried in its crypt. San Francisco de Asís San Juan 12 2015 02.JPG San Francisco de Asís San Juan 12 2015 04.JPG San Francisco de Asís S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Tapia
Teatro Alejandro Tapia y Rivera (commonly referred as "Teatro Tapia"), is the oldest free-standing drama stage building located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is named after Alejandro Tapia y Rivera (1826–1882), a Puerto Rican poet and dramatist. Location The theater faces east, across from Plaza de Colón, on Fortaleza Street, and was constructed in 1824. It was designed in the Italian style as a horseshoe shaped opera house with three tiers of boxes. A block south lies a brick-shaped former ''Casa de camineros'', house of road-maintainers. To the north-east lies a string of cultural institutions: the restored ''Casino de Puerto Rico'', the YMCA, the Carnegie library, the Ateneo Puertorriqueño, and Moorish-inspired Casa de España. In the northern seaward cliff sprawls the historic and labyrinthine fort of San Cristóbal. The original landward gate of old San Juan lays just east of this site on Calle Fortaleza. Significance For over one hundred years since it was built it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Texas Press
The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is a university press that is part of the University of Texas at Austin. Established in 1950, the Press publishes scholarly books and journals in several areas, including Latin American studies, Texana, anthropology, U.S. Latino studies, Native American studies, African American studies, film & media studies, classics and the ancient Near East, Middle East studies, natural history, art, and architecture. The Press also publishes trade books and journals relating to their major subject areas. Journals * ''Asian Music'' * '' Diálogo'' * '' Information & Culture'' * ''Journal of Cinema and Media Studies'' (formerly known as ''Cinema Journal'') * ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'' * '' Journal of Individual Psychology'' * ''Journal of Latin American Geography'' * ''Latin American Music Review'' * '' Studies in Latin American Popular Culture'' * ''Texas Studies in Literature and Language'' * ''The Textile Museum Journal'' * '' US La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociedad Económica De Amigos Del País En Puerto Rico
The Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País en Puerto Rico (1813–1899) was a learned society in Spanish colonial San Juan, Puerto Rico, modelled after the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País in Spain. The society published a newspaper, the short-lived ''Diario Económico de Puerto Rico'' (1814–1815), and organized a library in 1843. Members included Alejandro Ramírez (a founder) and Manuel Gregorio Tavárez Manuel Gregorio Tavárez Ropero (November 16, 1843 – July 1, 1883), was Puerto Rico's classical and danza composer. He has been called "The Chopin of America". Early years Tavárez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the son of a French fath .... References Bibliography * 1813 establishments in Puerto Rico 1899 disestablishments Defunct organizations based in Puerto Rico History of San Juan, Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicling America
''Chronicling America'' is an open access, open source newspaper database and companion website. It is produced by the United States National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NDNP was founded in 2005. The ''Chronicling America'' website was publicly launched in March 2007. It is hosted by the Library of Congress. Much of the content hosted on ''Chronicling America'' is in the public domain. The database is searchable by key terms, state, language, time period, or newspaper. The ''Chronicling America'' website contains digitized newspaper pages and information about historic newspapers to place the primary sources in context and support future research. It hosts newspapers written in a variety of languages. In selecting newspapers to digitize, the site relies on the discretion of contributing institutions. The project describes itself as a "long-term effort to develop an Internet-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In Puerto Rico
This is a list of newspapers in Puerto Rico. Unless otherwise indicated, all papers are published in the Spanish language. List of newspapers Defunct newspapers 19th century 20th century 21st century Diaspora/Exile newspapers These are defunct papers not published in Puerto Rico for political reasons. See also * Media of Puerto Rico * List of Spanish-language newspapers published in the United States * * Puerto Rican literature Notes References Bibliography in English * * * in Spanish * * ''El periodismo puertorriqueño desde su aparición hasta los comienzos del siglo XX.''José S. Alegría. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1960. * External links * * * (List includes titles of newspapers published in Puerto Rico) * (Directory ceased in 2017) ** * * ''American Newspaper Annual.''N. W. Ayer & Son, publisher. Philadelphia. 1908. {{North America topic, List of newspapers in Puerto Rico Newspapers * Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of San Juan (1797)
__NOTOC__ The Battle of San Juan was an ill-fated British assault in 1797 on the Spanish colonial port city of San Juan in Puerto Rico during the 1796–1808 Anglo-Spanish War. The attack was carried out facing the historic town of Miramar. Background Spain aligned itself with France by signing the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1796. Britain then targeted both countries' Caribbean colonies. Admiral Sir Henry Harvey's fleet picked up Sir Ralph Abercromby's army in Barbados. Together, they captured Trinidad from the Spanish, before heading for San Juan. Battle On 17 April 1797, Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby's fleet of 68 vessels appeared offshore Puerto Rico with a force of 7000, which included German auxiliaries and French émigrés. Two of his frigates then blocked San Juan harbor. The governor, Field Marshal Don Ramón de Castro y Gutiérrez, had already mobilized his 4000 militia and 200 Spanish garrison troops which, combined with 300 French privateers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1787 Boricua Earthquake
The 1787 Boricua earthquake struck offshore of the island of Puerto Rico on May 2. The magnitude of the earthquake was believed to have been around 8.0–8.5, however there is evidence that it was only about 6.9. The epicenter is thought to have been somewhere north of Puerto Rico, probably on the Puerto Rico Trench.Earthquake History of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Puerto Rican José Molinelli considers it "the strongest" in the seismic history of the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castillo De San Cristóbal (Puerto Rico)
Castillo (Spanish for "castle") may refer to: People * Castillo (surname) Places Geography Dominican Republic * Castillo, Dominican Republic, a town in Duarte Province, Dominican Republic Nicaragua * El Castillo (municipality), a municipality in the Río San Juan department * El Castillo (village), a village in the Río San Juan department * Montealegre del Castillo, a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha Spain * Castillo, Álava, a village in the Basque Country * Castillo-Albaráñez, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha * Castillo de Garcimuñoz, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha * Castillo-Nuevo, a town in Navarre Man-made structures * Castillo de Chapultepec, palace on Chapultepec Hill, located in the middle of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City * Castillo de Guzman, castle in Tarifa, Spain * Castillo de Jagua, fortress near Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba * Castillo de San Marcos, old Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida, USA * El Castillo, Chiche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capilla Del Cristo
''Capilla del Cristo'' (Chapel of Christ), also called is a small chapel / museum located in the Old San Juan Historic District of Puerto Rico. Built in the 18th century and saved from demolition in the 20th century, the structure has become a cultural icon of Puerto Rico. Most of the articles located at its altar are from 1753. Travel guides list as one of the must-see places of Old San Juan. Cultural significance The chapel with its belfry is located at the end of , a pedestrian walkway in the Old San Juan Historic District in the western section of San Juan Islet. Images of the chapel's facade are quite popular, and sometimes featured on the covers of Puerto Rican travel guides as well as on canvas prints, posters, and mug souvenirs. Inside the chapel are paintings by Jose Campeche and a painting by Jorge Sen called (English: The Miracle). Its altar is made of silver and gold. The St. Juan and St. Peter races, () is an annual festival that's taken place on Cristo Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
