barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...
and the administrative center (
seat
A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest, head restraint but also headquarters in a wider sense.
Types of seat
The following are examples of different kinds of seat:
* Armchair (furniture), ...
) of
Aguadilla
Aguadilla (, ), founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is s ...
, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,627.
As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called ''
pueblo
In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...
'' which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales (patron saint festivals) are held in the central plaza every year.
The central plaza and its church
The central plaza, or square, is a place for official and unofficial recreational events and a place where people can gather and socialize from dusk to dawn. The
Laws of the Indies
The Laws of the Indies ( es, Leyes de las Indias) are the entire body of laws issued by the Spanish Crown for the American and the Asian possessions of its empire. They regulated social, political, religious, and economic life in these areas. Th ...
, Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza's purpose was for "the parties" (celebrations, festivities) ( es, a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors ( es, grandeza proporcionada al
número de vecinos). These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting them from the elements: sun and rain.
Located across the central plaza in Aguadilla barrio-pueblo is the Parroquia San Carlos Borromeo, a Roman Catholic church. Its construction began in 1776 and was completed in 1783. It was remodeled in 1855. One of its towers collapsed during the
1918 San Fermín earthquake
The 1918 San Fermín earthquake, also known as the Puerto Rico earthquake of 1918, struck the island of Puerto Rico at on October 11. The earthquake measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and IX (''Violent'') on the Mercalli intensity scale ...
and the facade was changed when reconstructed. Its last remodeling was in 1971. It was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
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(NRHP) in 1984.
Landmarks and places of interest
* The Aguadilla Town Square (''Plaza de Recreo de Aguadilla''), as is customary in Puerto Rico, is home to the city hall and Catholic church, the NRHP-listed San Carlos Borromeo Parish Church.
* The Amparo Roldán House (''Casa Amparo Roldán''), also known as the Casa de Piedra, which survived the 1918 earthquake, is the only remaining historic house of its era.
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El Parterre
El Parterre is a landscaped park in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that was built in 1851. The park encloses the Ojo de Agua (, Spanish for 'spring' or 'water source'), also referred to as Manantial Ojo de Agua, a natural spring which was a source of wat ...
is a historic NRHP-listed public square which hosts a water spring (''Ojo de Agua'') around which the town of Aguadilla was settled.
* Fort Concepción (''Fuerte de la Concepción'') was the largest Spanish fortress in the region. The fortress was torn down at the end of the 19th century but its last surviving building still remains.
* The López House (''Residencia López'') is a historic NRHP-listed Neoclassical building.
* The new Museum of Art of Aguadilla and the Caribbean (''Museo de Arte de Aguadilla y del Caribe'') is located in the NRHP-listed Cardona House, a well preserved Neoclassical residence.
* The old Museum of Fine Arts of Aguadilla (''Museo de Bellas Artes de Aguadilla'') is located in a former District Courthouse, which was designed by famed Puerto Rican architect
Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega Morales (1894–1968) was a Puerto Rican architect from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.Old Urban Cemetery (''Antiguo Cementerio Urbano'') was originally divided into sections for Catholics and non-Catholics. Many illustrious Puerto Ricans, such as painter Rafael Arroyo Gely, are buried there.
* The Paseo Miguel Garcia Méndez is a
malecón
A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water. A jetty may serve as a breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel. The term derives from the French word ', "thrown", signifying somet ...
(or waterfront promenade) containing seafood restaurants, bars and monuments such as the Fisherman's Monument (''Monumento al Pescador'').
* Rompeolas Beach (''Playa Rompeolas'') is the main beach in the downtown area of Aguadilla.
Sectors
Barrios (which are like
minor civil divisions
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) 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.
The following sectors are in Barrio Pueblo (Norte):
, and .
The following sectors are in Barrio Pueblo (Sur y Centro):
, and .
Gallery
The following places are in Aguadilla barrio-pueblo:
File:Aguadilla city hall.jpg, Aguadilla City Hall
File:Aguadilla barrio-pueblo 12.jpg, Catholic church in Aguadilla Central plaza
File:Aguadilla barrio-pueblo 10.jpg, Aguadilla Central plaza
File:Aguadilla barrio-pueblo 03.jpg, Colorful buildings adjacent to the plaza
File:Aguadilla barrio-pueblo 11.jpg, Street art adjacent to the plaza
File:Aguadilla barrio-pueblo 08.jpg, Statue of
José de Diego
José de Diego y Martínez (April 16, 1866 – July 16, 1918) was a statesman, journalist, poet, lawyer, and advocate for Puerto Rico's political autonomy in union with Spain and later of independence from the United States who was referred to by ...
File:Aguadilla barrio-pueblo 06.jpg, Police headquarters
File:Aguadilla barrio-pueblo 02.jpg, Wooden boat on waterfront
File:GrupoPR.jpg, Aguadilla police
File:Centro Geriátrico Higüey, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.jpg, nursing home
See also
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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, i ...
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List of barrios and sectors of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions. The barrios and subbarrios, in turn, are further subdivided in ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
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