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Jan 28, 2021 · San Juan National Historic Site is one of the over 400 parks of the National Park Service. It includes Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Castillo San Cristóbal, most of the city walls, the San Juan Gate and Fort San Juan de la Cruz just across the entrance to the bay. Our mission is to preserve natural and cultural treasures, like this one, for ...
La Fortaleza, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960, is owned in fee by the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; San Juan National Historic Site, which was established in 1949, is held by fee title by the Government of the United States of America. La Fortaleza is protected under the regulations of the Puerto Rico ...
The San Juan National Historic Site preserves the history of the island, told through Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Castillo San Cristóbal, Fuerte San Juan de la Cruz (El Cañuelo), the San Juan Gate, and most of the city walls. For centuries, countries fought for control of this Caribbean island because of its strategic location. Be inspired by the stories and the beauty of the architecture ...
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Caribbean. The world heritage site consists of several historic defensive structures built by the Spanish Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries to defend the strategically located colonial city of San Juan and its ...
The signature landmark of the San Juan National Historic Site is the 16th century Castillo San Felipe del Morro, commonly known as El Morro. Located on the northwestern tip of Old San Juan, it took some 200 years to build this imposing fortress, which successfully defended the island from several attacks. El Morro was a critical defensive point ...
Jan 4, 2024 · This small fortification located just west of San Juan served in conjunction with El Morro to protect San Juan Bay. In 1973, it was made part of the National Historic Site and a UNESCO historical site. Fortin San Juan de la Cruz is located in Isla de Cabras, the islet you can observe right across from El Morro, part of the municipality of Toa Baja.
Sep 12, 2022 · San Juan National Historic Site includes forts San Cristóbal, San Felipe del Morro, and San Juan de la Cruz (also known as El Canuelo), in addition to Paseo del Morro National Recreation Trail, bastions, powder houses, and three-fourths of the city wall. All these fortifications surround the old, colonial portion of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
