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Located along the city's Broadway corridor about two miles (3 km) northeast of Downtown San Antonio, lies Alamo Heights, an incorporated city completely surrounded by San Antonio. Often known simply by its ZIP Code ("78209" or "the '09"), Alamo Heights is roughly bordered to the south by Hildebrand Avenue, to the north by Interstate 410, to the ...
Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" [2] 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.
The San Antonio Missions are a World Heritage Site located in and near San Antonio, Texas, United States. The World Heritage Site consists of five mission sites, a historic ranch, and related properties. These outposts were established in the early 1700s by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives.
San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 United States census. [12]
Misión San Juan Capistrano was established in 1716 as Misión San Jose de los Nazonis in East Texas. [7] The mission was renamed and moved in 1731 to San Antonio. Located on Mission Road, San Juan was listed on the National Register on February 23, 1972.
Main and Military Plazas Historic District is a historic district in San Antonio, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a boundary increase in 2019. [1] The area encompasses the old Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, [2] where the Spanish troops and the military governor of Texas were stationed. [3]
The cruise area of the port, known as the San Juan Cruise Port, is located in and around Caño de San Antonio (San Antonio Canal), a narrow navigable section of San Juan Bay situated between Old San Juan in San Juan Islet and the Puerto Rico Convention Center and Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport in the subbarrio of Isla Grande in the ...
From the initial settlement of San Juan, this harbor side site has been critical to the city's defense and economic development. Initially, portions of the site contained a Spanish fortification, the Bastion de San Justo del Muelle, which was built in 1639 (shortly after the city was invaded by the Dutch) and remained in place until 1897. The ...