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"Sueños: En mi viejo San Juan/Lamento Borincano" Noel Estrada, Rafael Hernández Marín: 5:15: 4. "Tentaciones: No me quieras tanto/Perfidia" Alberto Domínguez, Rafael Hernández: 4:27: 5. "Anhelos: Me voy pa'l pueblo/Ahora seremos felices" Rafael Hernández, Mercedes Váldez: 5:26: 6. "Traiciones: Sin Un Querer/Ándate" J. Cuadros, Víctor ...
June: U.S. Conference of Mayors held in San Juan. San Juan Philharmonic Chorale formed. 1988 – Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano de San Juan (historical archives) established. [18] 1989 September: Hurricane Hugo. Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía headquartered in San Juan. [43] 1991 – Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991 created. [27 ...
Monument to the "Lamento Borincano," in el Viejo San Juan In 2018, the original 1930 recording of the song by Canario y Su Grupo was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Panamá Viejo (English: "Old Panama"), also known as Panamá la Vieja, is the remaining part of the original Panama City, the former capital of Panama, which was destroyed in 1671 by the Welsh privateer Henry Morgan. It is located in the suburbs of the current capital.
Constructed in 1521, Casa Blanca served as the initial fortification for the San Juan islet and was intended to be the residence of Juan Ponce de León and his family. However, de León passed away during an expedition to Florida without ever residing in the house. Subsequently, it sheltered his descendants until the mid-18th century.
El Cañuelo located in Isla de Cabras in the modern-day municipality of Toa Baja across from El Morro, it was built to control the maritime access into the Bay of San Juan. San Juan City Walls, built to protect the colonial city of San Juan (today the designated historic district of Old San Juan), a strategic location and maritime stopover in ...
The church, one of the oldest in San Juan, is famous for its pink color, simple yet elegant interior design and its arches. According to historian Maria de los Angeles Castro the church might have been decorated with frescoes created by renown 18th century artist José Campeche. [2] The church is open to visitors and still hosts religious services.
San Juan Bay (Spanish: Bahía de San Juan) is the bay and main inlet adjacent to Old San Juan in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) in length, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the largest body of water in an estuary of about 97 square miles (250 km 2 ) [ 4 ] of channels, inlets and eight interconnected lagoons . [ 5 ]