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Puerto Rico Highway 22 (PR-22), also part of unsigned Interstate PR2, is an 84.3 km (52.4 mi) [3] long toll road on the north coast of Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Hatillo.
On November 27, 1981, [1] developed by Centro Arecibo, Inc. at an investment of approximately $5 million, being financed by both Banco de San Juan and First Federal Savings, the three-level, 50 thousand square foot Arecibo Mall would initially inaugurate, some establishments would open then and others would continue to open by December of that year, 32 establishments were expected to be open ...
Palacio del Marqués de las Claras or Casino de Arecibo, [2] as it is also known, was built in 1888 by Fernando Fernández Umpierre, Marqués de las Claras. At the end of the 19th century, the Marqués de las Claras distinguished himself as one of the most prominent and wealthy owners of sugar estates in Puerto Rico.
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Located across from the central plaza in Arecibo barrio-pueblo is the Catedral San Felipe Apostól, [9] the second-largest Roman Catholic church in Puerto Rico. It was built in 1616, then reconstructed in 1793. After the ceiling of the central nave was damaged by the 1918 San Fermín earthquake it was reconstructed in concrete. [10]
Arecibo is known as "La Villa del Capitán Correa" (Captain Correa's Villa) after the Puerto Rican hero Captain Antonio de los Reyes Correa of the Spanish Army, who drove off a British Navy invasion by ambushing forces led by rear-admiral William Whetstone. Arecibo is also known as "El Diamante Del Norte" (The Diamond of the North).
WIMN-CD (channel 37) is a Class A Independent television station licensed to Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Paradise Network, Inc., and its studios are located next to Arecibo Mall. The station is owned by Paradise Network, Inc., and its studios are located next to Arecibo Mall.