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2. San Juan, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("City of Puerto Rico", Spanish for rich port city). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo , in the Dominican Republic , founded in 1496, [ 5 ] and is the oldest European-established ...

3. Timeline of San Juan, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Porto Rico, 17th century. 1511 – First Catholic Diocese established in San Juan; 1521 – "Ciudad de San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico" founded by Spanish colonists from nearby Caparra.

4. Old San Juan - Wikipedia

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   Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" [4] of the islet of San Juan in San Juan.Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios (sub-districts) of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

5. History of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Juan Ponce de León (Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain), was the first governor of Puerto Rico. His grandson Juan Ponce de Leon II was the first indigenous governor of Puerto Rico. On September 24, 1493, Christopher Columbus set sail on his second voyage with 17 ships and 1,200 to 1,500 soldiers from Cádiz. [10] On November 19, 1493, he ...

6. San Juan National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   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 Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. [3]

7. 10 reasons to visit San Juan, Puerto Rico right now - AOL

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   Specifically, the capital city of San Juan is great for those seeking adventure, those seeking history, those traveling with kids or those just looking for a beach — it has a little bit of ...

8. Caparra Archaeological Site - Wikipedia

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   In 1508, Juan Ponce de León founded the original Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico at Caparra, named after the abandoned ancient Roman village of Cáparra in the province of Cáceres, Spain, the birthplace of then-governor of Spain's Caribbean territories Nicolás de Ovando., [3] Today it is known as the Pueblo Viejo barrio of Guaynabo, just to the west of the present San Juan metropolitan area.

9. 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 ...