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Casa de los Ponce de León; Casa de Piedra (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) Casa del Rey; Casa Sauri; Casilla del Caminero (Mayagüez) Castillo San Cristóbal (San Juan) Castillo San Felipe del Morro; Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe; Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol (Arecibo, Puerto Rico) Cathedral of San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Faro de los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo, in Cabo Rojo Convento de Porta Coeli, in San Germán Cathedral Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe of Ponce, in Ponce National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (collapsed in late 2020), in Arecibo Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site, in Utuado Fuerte de Vieques, in Vieques Streamline Moderne Normandie Hotel, in San Juan Historic Caparra, in Guaynabo
Ponce Creole is the name given to the architectural style that is unique to Ponce: "San Juan, the capital, was planned and built by the Spanish conquerors, one writer points out, while Ponce is the work of its native sons, making it a truly authentic Puerto Rican city."
The southern portion of the wall extends for about half a mile between La Fortaleza and the Bastión de la Derecha de San Justo y Pastor (the "Left-side Bastion") along the contemporary Paseo de La Princesa, which was the site of a former military prison known as La Princesa Prison. [18]
Constructed in 1521, Casa Blanca served as the initial fortification for the San Juan islet and was intended to be the residence of Juan Ponce de León and his family. However, de León passed away during an expedition to Florida without ever residing in the house. Subsequently, it sheltered his descendants until the mid-18th century.
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. By 1994, it had been replaced by an adjacent span for vehicular use, but it remained open for pedestrian use.
In 1943, architect Henry Klumb, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright, was invited by then-Governor of Puerto Rico Rexford Tugwell to serve as Director of the Design Committee of Public Works. As a result, Klumb moved to the island in 1944 with his wife, Else, and their two children, Peter and Richard.