El Fortín Conde de Mirasol,
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- ''Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos'' National Register of Historic Places - Retrieved 11/29/2014 also known as Fuerte de Vieques, is a fort built in 1845 located in the town of Isabel Segunda in
Vieques, an island municipality of
Puerto Rico
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. In 1991, the fort was restored by the
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture ( es, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña), or ICP, for short, is an institution of the Government of Puerto Rico responsible for the establishment of the cultural policies required in order to study, preser ...
. The structure houses the Vieques Museum of Art and History and the Vieques Historic Archives, an extensive collection of documents related to the history of Vieques.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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 v ...
in 1977,
[ and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.]
Gallery
File:Fortin Conde de Mirasol Vieques Puerto Rico.jpg, Main building
File:Fortín Conde de Mirasol - nedokoncene opevnenie 2.jpg, Unfinished wall
File:Delo namierene na Portoriko.jpg, Historical gun
File:Delo erb.jpg, Wrought iron cannon
File:Vieques Fort1.jpg, New entrance to the museum
File:Fortin Conde de Mirasol Vieques PR.jpg, As seen from a boat
File:Fuerte de Vieques - main gate.jpg, Main gate
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico
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References
External links
The Museum Fort Count Mirasol
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (Spanish)
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
Government buildings completed in 1845
History museums in Puerto Rico
Art museums and galleries in Puerto Rico
Military and war museums in Puerto Rico
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Spanish Colonial architecture in Puerto Rico
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places
1840s establishments in Puerto Rico
1845 establishments in North America
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