Lares barrio-pueblo is a

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) of Lares, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,690. As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called '' pueblo'' 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

is the name of the central plaza located in Lares Barrio Pueblo. 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, 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 Lares barrio-pueblo is the , a Roman Catholic church. Originally made of wood, it was inaugurated in 1838. In 1881, it was remade based on a design by Ramón Soler with stone masonry but with wooden towers and a wooden roof. Then in the 1920s it was remodeled again. The building has changed completely but the original lateral walls and the first level of its front facade also remain from the original.

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 Lares Pueblo was 1,450.

Sectors

Barrios (which are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) and subbarrios, 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 Lares barrio-pueblo: , and .

Gallery

Fountain, Plaza de la Revolución, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, Fountain in Plaza de la Revolución, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, Map mosaic at Catholic Church, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, Catholic Church in Lares El interior de la Parroquía San José en Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, The church interior Casa Alcaldia, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, City Hall, 2019 Plaza de la revolucion, placa.jpg, Plaque in Lares Ice Cream Parlor.jpg, Ice cream shop owned by Jose Rodríguez Ruiz, mayor of Lares in 2020

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