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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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   The San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) was established in 1949 to preserve historic fortifications in Old San Juan and the National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1966 [15]. Both that site and La Fortaleza (English: The Fortress) were then declared a single World Heritage Site by UNESCO in ...

5. 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 ...

6. Castillo San Felipe del Morro - Wikipedia

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   13000284 [ 2 ] Castillo San Felipe del Morro (English: Promontory Castle of Saint Philip), most commonly known as El Morro(The Promontory), is a large fortress and citadel in the historic district of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. Commissioned by King Charles I of Spain in 1539, it was first built as a fortified tower in honor of King Philip II ...

7. La Fortaleza - Wikipedia

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   La Fortaleza from the Bay of San Juan as recorded in the 1671 edition of John Ogilby's America, one of the most influential works of the 17th Century. La Fortaleza was the first defensive fortification built in the historic city of Old San Juan, originally known as Ciudad de Puerto Rico (rich port city), and the first of a series of military structures built to protect the city, which included ...

8. Walls of Old San Juan - Wikipedia

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   October 15, 1966. Reference no. 66000930 [1] The Walls of Old San Juan (Spanish: Murallas del Viejo San Juan) is a defensive city wall that surrounds the western end of the San Juan Islet, site of the historic district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This defensive wall system was built between the 16th and 18th centuries to protect the city and the ...

9. San Juan Island National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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   U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Designated. October 15, 1966. San Juan Island National Historical Park, also known as American and English Camps, San Juan Island, is a U.S. National Historical Park owned and operated by the National Park Service on San Juan Island in the state of Washington. The park is made up of the sites of the ...