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2. San Juan National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park Service-managed historic site which preserves and interprets the Spanish colonial-era fortification system of the city of San Juan, and features structures such as the San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. [3]

3. La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto ...

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   La Fortaleza (Spanish for 'the fortress'), the first defensive fortification to be built in San Juan which today functions as the official executive residence to the Governor of Puerto Rico. Built between 1533 and 1540, it is now the oldest executive residence in the Western Hemisphere. San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio histórico ...

4. Old San Juan - Wikipedia

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   February 27, 2013. Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" [2] of the islet of San Juan in San Juan. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios (sub-districts) of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San ...

5. Castillo San Felipe del Morro - Wikipedia

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   1949 – San Juan National Historic Site is established. 1961 – The U.S. Army moves out of the forts of Old San Juan, and they become the jurisdiction of the United States National Park Service, to be preserved solely as museums. 1971 – Featured in the Mission: Impossible episode "The Field" (season 5th, episode 17th). [16]

6. National Register of Historic Places listings in San Juan ...

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   1312 Ashford Ave. 18°27′18″N 66°04′10″W  /  18.455034°N 66.069346°W  / 18.455034; -66.069346  (Casa Dr. Bailey K. Ashford) Santurce. Historic house and former residence of physician and Nobel Prize in Medicine nominee Bailey Ashford, former member of the Puerto Rico School of Tropical Medicine and founder of the Puerto ...

7. Castillo San Cristóbal (San Juan) - Wikipedia

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   Castillo San Cristóbal (English: Saint Christopher Castle) is a fortress in the historic district of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as the largest fortification built by the Spanish in the New World. [ 2 ] Dating back to defense expansions following attacks by the English in 1598 and the Dutch in 1625, it was first built in 1634 as the ...