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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Capital and largest city of Puerto Rico Capital city and Municipality in Puerto Rico, United States San Juan Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Capital city and Municipality Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Santurce, San Juan Bay, and Old San Juan from San Cristóbal Fortress Old San ...
August 15: Ciudad de San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico officially founded by Spanish colonists after abandoning nearby Caparra. [5] [6] Construction of Casa Blanca for the Ponce de León family begins. Platting and construction of several streets in Old San Juan including Plaza de Armas and Plaza de la Catedral.
Door painted with a Puerto Rican flag, Calle de la Virtud, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico. The San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) was established in 1949 to preserve historic fortifications in Old San Juan and the National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1966. [21]
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]
Puerto Rico: United States First city founded by Europeans, although not continuously inhabited, in Puerto Rico. Abandoned in 1521 with the removal of the capital to San Juan. 1510 Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien: Urabá: Colombia First city founded by Europeans on the continent of South America. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colon: Panama
San Juan Islet (Spanish: Isleta de San Juan) is a 3-square-mile (7.8 km 2) islet or small island on San Juan Bay in the Atlantic coast of northern Puerto Rico.Home to Old San Juan, it is the site of the oldest permanent European settlement in Puerto Rico (1521), and the second-oldest European settlement in the West Indies after Santo Domingo (1496).
Map of the departments of Puerto Rico during Spanish provincial times (1886).. The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1493, the dominant indigenous culture was that of the Taíno.
The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people ... The municipality of San Juan is the oldest, founded in 1521; ... at San Juan, Puerto ...