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San Juan National Historic Site

San Juan National Historic Site in the section of , 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 and fortresses.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: U.S. national park in Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: “El Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan”, “Fort Amezquita San Juan Nacional Historico Sitio”, “SAJU”, “San Juan NHS”, and “San Juan Sitio Historico Nacional”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plaza del Quinto Centenario and 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.

Church
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, located in within the historic colonial zone of the capital of , is one of the first significant works of architecture on the island.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Perla and San Juan.

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.

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 .

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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.

San Juan National Historic Site

Latitude
18.46874° or 18° 28′ 8″ north
Longitude
-66.11849° or 66° 7′ 7″ west
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
77CMFV9J+FJ
Geo­Names ID
4568141
Wiki­data ID
Q281149
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“San Juan National Historic Site” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موقع سان خوان التاريخي الوطني”
  • Burmese: “ဆန်ဂွမ်း နိုင်ငံတော်သမိုင်းဝင်နယ်မြေ”
  • Catalan: “Lloc històric nacional de San Juan”
  • Catalan: “Lloc Històric Nacional de San Juan”
  • Cebuano: “San Juan National Historic Site”
  • Chinese: “圣胡安历史遗址”
  • Chinese: “圣胡安国家历史遗址”
  • Chinese: “聖胡安國家古蹟”
  • Chinese: “聖胡安國家歷史遺址”
  • Chinese: “聖胡安歷史遺址”
  • Dutch: “San Juan National Historic Site”
  • Finnish: “San Juan National Historic Site”
  • French: “site historique national de San Juan”
  • French: “Site historique national de San Juan”
  • Galician: “Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Xoán”
  • Georgian: “სან-ხუანის ისტორიული რაიონი”
  • German: “Nationale historische Stätte von San Juan”
  • German: “San Juan National Historic Site”
  • Hebrew: “האתר ההיסטורי הלאומי בסן חואן”
  • Indonesian: “Situs Sejarah Nasional San Juan”
  • Italian: “Sito storico nazionale di San Juan”
  • Japanese: “サンフアン国定史跡”
  • Malayalam: “സാൻ ഹ്വാൻ ദേശീയ ചരിത്ര പ്രദേശം”
  • Maltese: “Sit Storiku Nazzjonali ta‘ San Juan”
  • Maltese: “Sit Storiku Nazzjonali ta’ San Juan”
  • Portuguese: “San Juan National Historic Site”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalno zgodovinsko območje San Juan”
  • Slovenian: “SAJU”
  • Slovenian: “San Juan National Historic Site”
  • Slovenian: “San Juan NHS”
  • Spanish: “Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan”
  • Turkish: “St. Juan Ulusal Tarihi Sit Alanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна пам’ятка історії Сан-Хуана”
  • Vietnamese: “Di tích lịch sử quốc gia San Juan”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Old San Juan and Puerts de Tierra.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plaza el Negro and Tótem Telúrico.

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