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  2. La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico

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    La Fortaleza (Spanish for 'the fortress'), the first defensive fortification to be built in San Juan which today functions as the official executive residence to the Governor of Puerto Rico. Built between 1533 and 1540, it is now the oldest executive residence in the Western Hemisphere. San Juan National Historic Site ( Spanish: Sitio ...

  3. San Juan National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    66000930 [ 2] San Juan National Historic Site ( Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park Service -managed historic site which preserves and interprets the Spanish colonial-era fortification system of the city of San Juan, and features structures such as the San ...

  4. La Fortaleza - Wikipedia

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    La Fortaleza from the Bay of San Juan as recorded in the 1671 edition of John Ogilby's America, one of the most influential works of the 17th Century. La Fortaleza was the first defensive fortification built in the historic city of Old San Juan, originally known as Ciudad de Puerto Rico (rich port city), and the first of a series of military structures built to protect the city, which included ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico

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    Cathedral Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe of Ponce, in Ponce. National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (collapsed in late 2020), in Arecibo. Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site, in Utuado. Fuerte de Vieques, in Vieques. Streamline Moderne Normandie Hotel, in San Juan.

  6. Walls of Old San Juan - Wikipedia

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    The Walls of Old San Juan ( Spanish: Murallas del Viejo San Juan) is a defensive city wall that surrounds the western end of the San Juan Islet, site of the historic district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This defensive wall system was built between the 16th and 18th centuries to protect the city and the Bay of San Juan, a highly strategic point in ...

  7. Castillo San Cristóbal (San Juan) - Wikipedia

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    Castillo San Cristóbal ( English: Saint Christopher Castle) is a fortress in the historic district of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as the largest fortification built by the Spanish in the New World. [ 2 ] Dating back to defense expansions following attacks by the English in 1598 and the Dutch in 1625, it was first built in 1634 as the ...

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