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Casa del Libro: San Juan: Literature: Museum dedicated to the history of literature and book printing in Puerto Rico and the world with unique collections such as a Gutenberg Bible specimen. Casa del Rey Museum: Dorado: Local history: Local history museum located in a former Spanish government building and regional military headquarters.
The Casa del Libro Museum is a library and museum dedicated to the history of books and showcases historic books and documents dating back to the 15th century. The Museum of San Juan (Museo de San Juan), located in the former city marketplace, showcases the history of San Juan and Puerto Rico through art and object displays.
July 19, 1995 (Highway 9959, km 3, spanning Río Canóvanas: Canóvanas Pueblo and Canóvanas: Built in 1892 on the 19th century highway between Río Piedras and Río Grande, this iron and masonry bridge is the best preserved example of an Eiffel pony truss bridge in Puerto Rico or the United States.
The Ponce Municipal Library, formally, Biblioteca Municipal Mariana Suárez de Longo (English: Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library), and also known as Biblioteca Publica de Ponce (English: Ponce Public Library), is the library system of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1870, it is the oldest public library in Puerto ...
Teresita A. Levy's Puerto Ricans in the Empire: The History of Tobacco Cultivation in Puerto Rico, 1898-1940, a study of the tobacco-growing regions in the eastern and western highlands of Puerto Rico, is the first book to tell how Puerto Ricans challenged United States officials and fought successfully for legislation that benefited the island ...
Puerto Rico: The Four-Storeyed Country "Ballad of Another Time" José Luis González (March 8, 1926 – December 8, 1996) was a Puerto Rican essayist, novelist, short story writer, university professor, and journalist who lived most of his life in exile in Mexico due to his pro- independence political views. [ 1 ]
1806 – Gaceta de Puerto Rico newspaper begins publication. [18] 1810 – Construction of a Camino Real between San Juan and Río Piedras (today the Ponce de León Avenue). [12] 1813 – Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País en Puerto Rico founded. 1820 – Population: 7,658. [19] 1822 – Board of charity established. [20]
Casa Luis Palés Matos in Guayama is a residence museum dedicated to the memory of the poet. [16] There is a public school in Puerto Rico named after Palés Matos, in the town of Bayamón [17] and a public housing complex in Guayama. [18] The school of Humanities of the University of Puerto Rico has a building named after him. [19]