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Vieques measures about 21 miles (34 km) east-west, and three to four miles (6.4 km) north-south. It has a land area of 52 square miles (130 km 2) and is located about ten miles (16 km) to the east of Puerto Rico. To the north of Vieques is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south, the Caribbean.
The structure houses the Vieques Museum of Art and History and the Vieques Historic Archives, an extensive collection of documents related to the history of Vieques. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, [ 1 ] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.
The panel laid out history and legal situation, and released its report with 11 recommendations on October 19, 1999. [9] In January 2000, President Clinton and then Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rosselló, together called for a referendum on Vieques. This was first scheduled for November 2001, and then rescheduled for January 2002.
Historic house built in a Neoclassical Vieques Creole-style in 1900, representative of architectural influences from the British and French West Indies. Also known as the Mirella Acevedo Sanes House. Also known as the Mirella Acevedo Sanes House.
The town of Isabel II of Vieques was founded in 1844. [3] His wife Madame Guillermina Ana Susana Poncet died in 1855 and is buried alongside Le Guillou. [ 1 ] The cemetery where Le Guillou and his wife are buried was officially named "Las Tumbas de J. J. María le Guillou" by the United States Department of the Interior and was listed in the ...
Isabel II barrio-pueblo (referred to as Isabel Segunda in Spanish) is a barrio and the administrative center in the downtown area in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,354. [3] [4] [5]
The Vieques City Hall (Spanish: Casa Alcaldía de Vieques), also known as the Vieques Municipal House (Casa Municipal de Vieques) and formerly known as Casa del Rey, is a historic civic building located in the main town square (plaza pública) of Isabel Segunda, the administrative center and main settlement of the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. [1]
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