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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. Capital and largest city of Puerto Rico Capital city and Municipality in Puerto Rico, United States San Juan Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Capital city and Municipality Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Santurce, San Juan Bay, and Old San Juan from San Cristóbal Fortress Old San Juan ...
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October 12: Pope John Paul II pastoral visit to San juan. 1985 – January 2: Baltasar Corrada del Río becomes Mayor of San Juan. 1986 June: U.S. Conference of Mayors held in San Juan. December 31: Dupont Plaza Hotel arson. San Juan Philharmonic Chorale formed. 1988 – Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano de San Juan (historical archives ...
The city hall is located in Old San Juan, in front of the Plaza de Armas and next to the Antiguo Palacio de la Real Intendencia (Palace of the Royal Intendancy), which today hosts the Puerto Rico Department of State. The San Juan City Hall was built in stages from 1604 to 1789. It went through numerous additions and expansions throughout its ...
San Juan Tramway. Santurce saw further urban growth during the early decades of the 19th century thanks to the establishment of the Camino Real, a military road between San Juan and the town of Río Piedras (then called El Roble) built in 1810; this stretch of road now known as Ponce de León Avenue would prove to be of extreme importance in the urban history of the city of San Juan. [21]
The San Juan metropolitan area is a United States Census Bureau defined metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in northeastern Puerto Rico centered around the city of San Juan. [1] A July 1, 2009, Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 2,617,089, a 4.31% increase over the 2000 census figure of 2,509,007.
El Cañuelo located in Isla de Cabras in the modern-day municipality of Toa Baja across from El Morro, it was built to control the maritime access into the Bay of San Juan. San Juan City Walls, built to protect the colonial city of San Juan (today the designated historic district of Old San Juan), a strategic location and maritime stopover in ...