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Zoilo Cajigas Sotomayor (June 28, 1858 – 1962) was a Puerto Rican santero, a folk artist who makes religious statuettes of saints and biblical figures known as santos. He was known for his piety and adherence to traditional Hispanic folk art methods. Many examples of his work exist in the Museo de los Santos de Palo in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Santos are also common throughout Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean, and the Southwestern United States, as well as the Philippines, with distinct styles and traditions in each area. Santo statues and statuettes, carved in the round, are commonly known as revultos or informally as bultos. They are usually made of wood.
San Juan Nepomuceno Santo statuette by Felipe de la Espada, born in San Germán, Puerto Rico ca. 1754. When the Spanish first arrived in Puerto Rico, one of their primary tools in converting the indigenous Taíno population were statuettes, known as Santos, depicting the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, and other Catholic icons (the practice of religious sculpture already existed on the island ...
National Register entries listed below are found in the highlighted 24 municipalities of Puerto Rico. This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico is along the central mountain region, from Las Marías and Maricao in the central-west to Juncos in the central-east, including the slopes of the Cordillera.
There are more than 375 listings in Puerto Rico, with one or more listing in each of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities. Puerto Rico's municipalities. For convenience, the list has been divided into six regions: National Register of Historic Places listings in western Puerto Rico; National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Puerto Rico
Jul. 26—Santero Arthur Lopez is firing on all cylinders in a new exhibition of his work opening Friday, July 26, at King Galleries. Titled All Cylinder Saints, the series of wood carvings ...
Geological studies concluded that the petroglyphs were carved in Puerto Rico and that the serpentine rocks were local. [6] Preliminary results using high power microscopes found that the technique used was unlike any those of the local native groups, while another from a use-wear laboratory concludes that stone tools were used.
July 19, 1995 (Highway 9959, km 3, spanning Río Canóvanas: Canóvanas Pueblo and Canóvanas: 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.