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San José Church

San José Church, located in within the historic colonial zone of the capital of , is one of the first significant works of architecture on the island.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: historic church in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: “Iglesia San Jose”, “La Iglesia de San Jose”, “Saint Joseph Catholic Church”, “San Jose Church”, “Santo Domingo Church”, and “Santo Tomas Church”
  • Address: San Juan, PR

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plaza de San José and San Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist.

Square
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is a square.

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 Catholic cathedral for the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico. is situated 220 metres south of San José Church.

Park
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, 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.

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 historic neighborhood located in the northern historic city of , , stretching about 650 yards along the rocky Atlantic coast immediately east of the Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery and down the slope from Calle Norzagaray.

Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0.
is a small municipality and town in the region of , across from Old San Juan in the Bay of San Juan.

San José Church

Latitude
18.46761° or 18° 28′ 3″ north
Longitude
-66.11826° or 66° 7′ 6″ west
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Levels
2
Open location code
77CMFV9J+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 256388549
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
4568125
Wiki­data ID
Q7414520
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“San José Church” goes by many names.

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