Plaza del Quinto Centenario

Plaza del Quinto Centenario, also Plaza del V Centenario, popularly referred to as Plaza del Tótem, is a modern square in , Puerto Rico, inaugurated in 1992 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the European discovery and Spanish conquest of Puerto Rico and the Americas and the first European settlement of San Juan.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in the Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: “Quincentennial Plaza” and “Quincentennial Square”
  • Address: San Juan, PR 00901

Places of Interest

Highlights include San José Church and Museo de las Américas.

Church
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, located in , the historic colonial zone of the capital of , is one of the first significant works of architecture on the island, and one of the earliest surviving examples of 16th-century Spanish Gothic architecture in the Western Hemisphere.

Museum
is a multidisciplinary museum in dedicated to the arts, folklore, architecture and broader history of the Americas.

Church
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The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist, officially known as the Minor Basilica of Saint John the Baptist and Parish of Our Lady of Remedies, is the cathedral for the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Juan and La Perla.

Quarter
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Old is a historic district or quarter located at the "northwest triangle" of in . Its area roughly correlates to the , , Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios of barrio in the municipality of .

Neighborhood
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is a small historic neighborhood in in northeastern , located within the districts of San Cristóbal and Mercado of barrio in , the capital city and municipality.

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is a small municipality and town in the region of , across from Old San Juan in the Bay of San Juan.

Plaza del Quinto Centenario

Latitude
18.4679° or 18° 28′ 4″ north
Longitude
-66.11907° or 66° 7′ 9″ west
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
77CMFV9J+59
Open­Street­Map ID
way 196604234
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4566864
Wiki­data ID
Q49543984
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In Other Languages

“Plaza del Quinto Centenario” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Plaza del Quinto Centenario”

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