Travel Reference
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La Princesa
NOTABLE BUILDING
Poised against the outside wall of the city, the long, gray and white stone structure that was
once a harsh jail now houses the main offices of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC;
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). The bronze statue in front depicts Doña Felisa Gautier, San Juan's revered
mayor from 1946 to 1968;
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for more information about Doña Felisa.
TOP HISTORICAL HITS
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Fuerte San Cristóbal
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Casa Blanca
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Catedral de San Juan
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Caparra
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Casa-Finca de Don Luis Muñoz Marín
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Plaza de San José
SQUARE
Adjacent to the uppermost terrace of the Plaza del Quinto Centenario, where it meets San
Sebastián, is the Plaza de San José. This relatively small cobblestoned plaza is dominated
by a statue of Juan Ponce de León, cast from an English cannon captured in the raid of
1797. The plaza is probably the highest point in this city and serves as a threshold to four
cultural sites on its perimeter.
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
NOTABLE BUILDING
(Institute of Puerto Rican Culture;
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; 787-724-0700;
www.icp.gobierno.pr
;
Calle delMorro; 8:30am-4:30pmMon-Fri)
Once a home for
the poor, this buff building with green trim houses the executive offices of this institute. Its
sheltered plazas are pleasantly tranquil.
El Arsenal
MONUMENT
( 8:30am-4:30pmMon-Fri)
On the point of land called La Puntilla is a low, gray fort-
ress with a Romanesque proscenium entrance. This is El Arsenal, a former Spanish naval
