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Paseo Víctor Rojas, also known as El Fuerte or Paseo de Damas (Ladies' Promenade), in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, was built in 1881. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, [ 1 ] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
The University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo (UPRA or UPR Arecibo) is a public college in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.It is part of the University of Puerto Rico.UPR-Arecibo was previously the Colegio Regional de Arecibo (CRA, 'Arecibo Regional College') and Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Arecibo (CUTA, 'Arecibo Technological University College').
The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) is a Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Planning Board (Junta de Planificación) for use by both private and public entities to evaluate, register, revitalize, develop or protect the built historic and cultural heritage of Puerto Rico in the context and for economic ...
The cathedral of Arecibo is Puerto Rico's second-largest church after the Cathedral of San Juan. The plan is rectangular with three naves; the side naves are cut short to allow large flanking chapels, which occupy almost half the length of the church. The apse is semicircular, and has an unusual half-dome covering it. The facade is a triangular ...
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Arecibo is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions. [1] The barrios and subbarrios, [ 2 ] in turn, are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores ( sectors in English).
Arecibo barrio-pueblo is a barrio and downtown area that serves as the administrative center of Arecibo, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,488. Its population in 2010 was 8,488.
Islote is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,665. Its population in 2010 was 5,665. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] "Birth of a New World", a giant sculpture of Christopher Columbus on a ship, is located in Islote.
Edificio Oliver in Arecibo, Puerto Rico was built in 1914. The building houses government offices for the municipality of Arecibo.. A Beaux Arts-style building, it was the first building made of reinforced concrete in the Arecibo area.