San Juan National Historic Site
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IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
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| Location | San Juan, Puerto Rico, |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 75.13 acres (30.40 ha) 53.20 acres (21.53 ha) federal |
| Established | February 14, 1949 |
| Visitors | 1,054,492 (in 2005) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | vi |
| Designated | 1983 (7th session) |
| Part of | La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico[1] |
| Reference no. | 266[1] |
| State Party |  United States |
| Region | The Americas |
| Designated | October 15, 1966 |
| Reference no. | 66000930[2] |
San Juan National Historic Site in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park Service-managed historic site which protects and interprets colonial-era forts such as Castillo San Felipe del Morro, bastions, powder houses, and three fourths of the old city wall.
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Status
By a February 14, 1949 decree the site was established, and noted the need to protect the fortifications as monuments as well as preserve their historical and architectural value. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
On December 6, 1983, the park and La Fortaleza were together designated a World Heritage Site under the name "La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico".[1] Only 12 national park areas in the United States are considered World Heritage Sites.
San Juan National Historic Site features
Site includes:[3]
- Castillo San Cristóbal
- Castillo San Felipe del Morro
- City Walls of Old San Juan
- Fortín San Juan de la Cruz (El Cañuelo)
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La Fortaleza, dating from 1533, are rare examples of medieval architecture in the New World.
See also
References
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- ↑ www.nps.en.gov National Park Service - San Juan National Historic Site - The Gibraltar of the Caribbean -Retrieved December 01, 2014
- The National Parks: Index 2001-2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Juan National Historic Site. |
- Official NPS website: San Juan National Historic Site
- pdf maps of the site
- The Forts of Old San Juan:Guardians of the Caribbean, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
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- IUCN Category III
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- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- National Historic Sites of the United States
- Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Buildings and structures in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- History of San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Forts in Puerto Rico
- Forts on the National Register of Historic Places
- National Register of Historic Places in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Protected areas of Puerto Rico
- Protected areas established in 1949
- 1949 establishments in Puerto Rico
- Visitor attractions in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- World Heritage Sites in Puerto Rico
