8/21/2009

San Juan,,,is Funtastic Puerto Rico

San Juan color
San Juan color by StGrundy

San Juan is the capital of, and at about 442,000, the largest municipality in, Puerto Rico. It has one of the best harbors in the Caribbean. The municipality module celebrate its 5th Century in 2008 or 2021, depending if they count from the origination of Caparra or the behave of agitated the Caparra settlement to Puerto Rico island (Old San Juan)

not all who wander are lost
not all who wander are lost by manyfires

San Juan is the oldest municipality under the United States dominion. San Juan is located in the north-east of Puerto Rico, and features distinctly century-old architecture, much as land military forts shapely from the 1540s to 1800s, an active harbor, and a rattling active economic Atlantic in the Hato Rey district. San Juan boasts magnificent beaches, hotels, plazas, past sites, museums, etc.

San Juan has a land Atlantic of 122 sq km and a water Atlantic of 29.11 sq miles. The population of San Juan is around 442,000.

Sunset in San Juan Puerto Rico
Sunset in San Juan Puerto Rico by flickrgao

San Juan is a equatorial city, with temperature that ranges in season from 67˚F to 97˚F (19˚C to 36˚C) in summer. San Juan is normally sunny, but has a tendency to receive rain from Apr to November in the afternoon. Be also mindful that San Juan and the rest of Puerto Rico have the possibility of having equatorial systems much as hurricanes from July to November. Cooler temperatures are institute inland in the mountains.

Palacio de Santa Catalina (La Fortaleza)
Palacio de Santa Catalina (La Fortaleza) by Mr.Frankie

San Juan is a dweller dweller municipality with Spanish-based culture, mixed with African traditions and Taíno culture. Museums of recent art subsist abroad. The citizens of San Juan (called Sanjuaneros) are rattling festive, as on the rest of the island. San Juan has bars and discotheques all-around the city, from Old San Juan to even the southern part of the municipality that stay unstoppered to 3:00-4:00 AM. San Juan has become rattling progressive as of late, with its prototypal Metro distinction (called Tren Urbano) and buses. Like most large cities, however, there is a small population of vagrants and beggars lining the streets.

San Juan is the financial capital of Puerto Rico. There are facilities for petroleum and sugar refining, tobacco, and pharmaceuticals.

Puerto Rico - El Viejo San Juan: El Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Puerto Rico - El Viejo San Juan: El Castillo San Felipe del Morro by wallyg

See:

* El Castillo San Felipe del Morro \"El Morro\" : is a sixteenth-century citadel that lies on the northwestern-most point of the islet of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is conception of San Juan National Historic Site and was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1983.
* El Castillo de San Cristóbal, (787) 729-6960. A Spanish assemble in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was shapely by the Spaniards to protect against land based attacks on the municipality of San Juan. It is conception of San Juan National Historic Site. It covers 27 acres of land and is 150 ft tall. Open every day from 9:00 am to 6PM.
* Palacio de Santa Catalina \"La Fortaleza\" (or The Fortress in English) is the official act of the Governor of Puerto Rico, who is Puerto Rico's nous of Government. It was shapely between 1533 and 1540 to indorse the harbor of San Juan. The structure is also known as El Palacio de Santa Catalina (or Palace of Santa Catalina). It is the oldest executive house in the New World. La Fortaleza was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
* El Catedral de San Juan Bautista: contains the spot of the Spanish someone Juan Ponce de León. It was shapely in the 1520's, presently to be wrecked by a hurricane, and then rebuilt in 1540. After existence rebuilt, it was robbed in the New 1500's, and then, in 1615, it was damaged by a hurricane. In 1917, a lot of changes were made to change the building. Tours are presented daily from 8:30AM-4PM.
* Castillo de San Jerónimo is a diminutive assemble settled in the entrance to what is known today as Condado, Puerto Rico lagoon in San Juan. The assemble defended San Juan from attacks by Sir Francis admiral in 1595, Sir George Clifford \"Earl of Cumberland\" in 1598 and Sir Ralph Abercromby.
* Iglesia de San Jose dates back to 1523. This building was originally called the Church and Monastery of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Before Ponce de metropolis was touched to the San Juan Catedral, his body was belowground here for 300 years.
* Ayuntamiento or Alcaldia or City Hall.
* The municipal cemetery of Santa María Madgalena de Pazzis, settled just outside the municipality walls.
* Fuerte San Geronimo is a assemble that was shapely to tighten defense within the city. There is a diminutive museum inside.
* Centro de Bellas Artes is the largest fine arts center in the Caribbean. Concerts, Plays, and Operas are hosted here. This fine arts center opened in 1981.
* Bacardi Rum Factory, (787)788-8400. M-Sa 9AM-4:30PM, Sunday from 10AM-3:30PM. Also called the \"Cathedral of Rum\" and covers 127 acres. Free tour, including a trolley ride around the premises.

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