Historical Places
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The Serrallés Mansion was built in 1926 into the south side of "El Vigia," one of the rolling foothills north of Ponce's center, for Eugenio Serrallés, a leader in the local sugar cane industry. ...
- Ponce
Casa Cautiño Photo courtesy of the Puerto Rico Office of Historic Preservation Casa Cautiño's owner, Genaro Cautiño Vázquez, was a wealthy Guayama landowner as well as a colonel of the Volunteer Battalion of the Spanish Army. ...
- Guayama
Ruins of a Spanish lighthouse. The walls and core to the light are still standing, but the immediate area is fenced off. Part of the Guánica Dry Forest. ...
- Guánica
Sugar cane plantation that was the scenario of many historical events on the Island, including the first battel of the Spanish American war in Puerto Rico. ...
- Guánica
Constructed in 1661, it has since been judged one of the most important works of religious architecture in Puerto Rico. ...
- Coamo
Built in 1840 for José Pomar, a wealthy merchant from Mallorca, Spain, the Picó Pomar Residence represents the austerity and elegance of the Spanish neoclassical style. ...
- Coamo
The Fajardo Lighthouse, located within the reserve, is one of many lighthouses built by the Spanish in the 19th century around the perimeter of Puerto Rico. This one is a jewel, both for its setting and the care with which it was restored a few years ago by the Conservation Trust. ...
- Fajardo
Historic museum celebrating the history and development of the city of Jayuya. ...
- Jayuya
Large stone sitting on the bed of a river covered with taino petrogliphs. ...
- Jayuya