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In 1903, the first Baptist church opened its doors in Gurabo town. Gurabo is also known as "La Ciudad de las Escaleras", or the "City of Stairs". Located in the town center district of El Cerro, the stairs (step streets) are about twenty-two floors high, and they are painted in bright colors. [2] Gurabo's mayor is Rosachely Rivera Santana. [3]
El Cerro ( Spanish for "the hill") is a residential district or sector of the barrio Gurabo Pueblo (downtown Gurabo), in the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico. The district is located on a steep hill just south of the main town square of Gurabo. One of the most distinctive features of El Cerro are its step streets, pedestrian streets that ...
The barrios and subbarrios, [2] 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. Some sectors appear in two barrios.
Fiestas patronales in Puerto Rico are yearly celebrations held in each municipality of the island. Like in other countries, "fiestas patronales" are heavily influenced by Spanish culture and religion, and are dedicated to a saint or the Blessed Virgin Mary under one of her titles. [ 1][ 2] The festivities usually include religious processions ...
00778. Gurabo barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center ( seat) of Gurabo, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,509. [1] [4] [5] [6] 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.
Church San José of Gurabo. / 18.254946°N 65.972433°W / 18.254946; -65.972433. The Church San José of Gurabo ( Spanish: Iglesia San José de Gurabo) is a historic Catholic parish church located in Gurabo Pueblo (downtown Gurabo) in the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico. [ 2] The parish church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...
1985 Zona Rosa attacks. Coordinates: 13.69°N 89.190°W. The Zona Rosa attack was a guerrilla attack that took place in the Zona Rosa restaurant area of San Salvador, El Salvador at approximately 21:30 on June 19, 1985, during the Salvadoran Civil War. The attack was conducted by gunmen dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, and in total twelve people ...
The Caguas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Caguas), or the Caguas-Juncos Valley and popularly referred to as the Turabo Valley (Spanish: Valle del Turabo), is a large valley lying between the Central Mountain Range and the Sierra Luquillo in the eastern part of Puerto Rico, immediately south of San Juan.