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San José was in Spain's gazetteers [11] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States.
San José Church (Spanish: Iglesia de San José), located in Old San Juan within the historic colonial zone of the capital of Puerto Rico, is one of the first significant works of architecture on the island. [1] [2] The church is one of the earliest surviving examples of 16th-century Spanish Gothic architecture in the Western hemisphere. [3] [4]
The San José Lagoon (Spanish: Laguna de San José) is a shallow saline lake or lagoon located between the municipalities of San Juan and Carolina in northern Puerto Rico. Despite being located in a highly urbanized area this body of water is important for its mangrove forests .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Capital and largest city of Puerto Rico Capital city and municipality in Puerto Rico, United States San Juan Capital city and municipality Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Santurce, San Juan Bay, and Old San Juan from San Cristóbal Fortress Old San ...
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Quebradillas is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, [1] (and means wards or boroughs or neighborhoods in English).
Oriente is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is composed of 3 subbarrios: Borinquen, López Sicardó, and San José. Before 1951, it was a barrio of the former municipality of Rio Piedras. In 2010, it had a population of 31,374.
Church San José of Aibonito, on the town plaza of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, was built over the ten-year period from 1887–1897. [2] It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984, [1] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. [3] It is one of five churches designed by State Architect Pedro Cobreros.
Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of Saint John the Baptist, while the capital city was named Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port City"). [21] Eventually traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, while San Juan became the name used for the main trading/shipping port and the capital ...