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: ''El Cuadrángulo'') is the heart and main quadrangle of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Together with the Roosevelt Tower
Roosevelt Tower (officially: ''Franklin Delano Roosevelt Tower'', Spanish: ''Torre Franklin Delano Roosevelt''), more popularly known as La Torre, is a 173.54 feet (52.89 m) clock tower located above the main entrance to the Baldorioty de Castro B ...
(''La Torre''), it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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as the University of Puerto Rico Tower and The Quadrangle, for its unique history which represents the union between Puerto Rican architecture
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with the Jeffersonian Neoclassical style often seen in American universities. It is famous for its lines of Puerto Rican royal palm (''Roystonea borinquena
''Roystonea borinquena'', commonly called the Puerto Rico royal palm, (Spanish: ''palma real puertorriqueña'') is a species of palm which is native to Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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'') or ''palma real'' and the architecture of its surrounding buildings.
The Quadrangle was designed by Puerto Rican architect Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega Morales (1894–1968) was a Puerto Rican architect from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. The University of Puerto Rico Theater was first built on its eastern edge in 1939.
The Quadrangle is the largest courtyard space in the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus. It is surrounding by buildings currently used by the University of Puerto Rico Administration and the College of Humanities. Its two most notable landmarks are the University Tower located on the western edge of the quad, and the University of Puerto Rico Theater, also known as the Roosevelt Theater, on its eastern edge. These buildings have an architectural style combining 
The Quadrangle is the largest courtyard space in the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus. It is surrounding by buildings currently used by the University of Puerto Rico Administration and the College of Humanities. Its two most notable landmarks are the University Tower located on the western edge of the quad, and the University of Puerto Rico Theater, also known as the Roosevelt Theater, on its eastern edge. These buildings have an architectural style combining Spanish Revival
The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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styles such as Andalusian/Spanish Gothic and Baroque Revival
The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France and Wilhelminism in Germany), was an architectural style of the late 19th century. The term is used to describe architecture and architectural sculptu ...
. There is also a Banco Popular branch office and additional auditoriums.
See also
* ''La Torre
La Torre is a municipality composed of the following districts, Balbarda, Blacha, Guareña, Oco and Sanchicorto located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
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'', officially known in English as ''Roosevelt Tower''
* University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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References
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