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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 Sebastián Street Festival (Spanish: Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián), popularly referred to as La SanSe, [1] [2] [3] is a Puerto Rican festival that takes place annually on the third weekend of January in the Old San Juan of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Originally a street-wide celebration (on the street of the same name) in honor of ...
This is a list of notable people who were either born in San Juan, Puerto Rico or who were not born in San Juan, but who are or were longtime residents of the city. San Juan has been the birthplace and the place of residence of many Puerto Ricans and people who are not of Puerto Rican heritage who became notable artists, military personnel, politicians, scientists and sportsmen; locally ...
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]
Rafael Tufiño Figueroa was born on October 30, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York where he lived with his parents, Gregoria Figueroa and Agustín Tufiño, until he was ten years old. In 1932, he moved to Puerta de Tierra, the neighborhood located just outside Old San Juan, to live with his grandmother. At the age of 12, he began to work in the ...
Plaza de la Catedral (Spanish for 'cathedral square'), also known as Plazuela de las Monjas ('little square of the nuns'), is a small public square located in front of the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista and next to the former Carmelite convent (now a Hotel El Convento) in the Old San Juan historic district of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Traffic runs westbound from Calle de San Justo to the dead-end and eastbound from Calle de San Justo to Calle de la Tanca. [7] Calle del Sol — — unknown 1 E to W Calle Luna, Calle Sol is the name of song by Puerto Rican salsa musicians, Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe. [4] [5] Calle Trigo Avenida Juan Ponce de León: Marginal Baldorioty de ...
Port San Juan Light: Old San Juan: 1846 Lighthouse Oldest lighthouse structure in Puerto Rico. [12] Built onto El Morro, which is part the San Juan National Historic Site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2] Central San Vicente: Vega Baja: 1873 Refinery First sugarcane refinery to be built in Puerto Rico. Although most of the building is in ...