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Hacienda Lealtad (IPA: [ˌsjẽn̪.d̪a le.al̪ˈt̪að̞]; also known as Hacienda La Lealtad, [2] (IPA: [aˌsjẽn̪.d̪a la le.al̪ˈt̪að̞]) and once known as Hacienda la Esperanza (IPA: [aˌsjẽn̪.d̪a la es.peˈɾãn.sa]) is a historic coffee plantation in barrio La Torre, Lares, Puerto Rico. A large hacienda, it was founded in 1830 ...
Eventually Hacienda Buena Vista would become one of the most successful plantations in the mountains of Puerto Rico. By 1900, a series of turn-of-the-20th-century hurricanes and the failing coffee market, brought operations at the Hacienda to a standstill and gradually Hacienda Buena Vista fell into disrepair and was partially abandoned. [ 12 ]
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Hacienda Juanita (built 1833-34) is a coffee plantation hacienda in the town of Maricao, Puerto Rico. The design is based on typical Puerto Rican culture, and was commissioned by the wife of a Spanish official. [1] Coffee production at the hacienda declined from the 1960s. [2]
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Hacienda Lealtad is a working coffee hacienda which used slave labor in the 19th century, located in Lares, Puerto Rico. [1]An hacienda (UK: / ˌ h æ s i ˈ ɛ n d ə / HASS-ee-EN-də or US: / ˌ h ɑː s i ˈ ɛ n d ə / HAH-see-EN-də; Spanish: or ) is an estate (or finca), similar to a Roman latifundium, in Spain and the former Spanish Empire.
Hacienda Gripiñas was dedicated mainly to the cultivation of coffee and contributed significantly to the growth of this industry in Puerto Rico during the 19th and 20th century. Pérez and his wife died late in the 19th century, as the coffee plantation industry decayed in the island because of Hurricane San Ciriaco (1899) and the Spanish ...
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.