San Juan National Historic Site

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San Juan National Historic Site is a U.S. National Park in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, preserving historic Spanish colonial fortifications such as Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Castillo San Cristóbal.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States National Park Service unit
cultural heritage site
national historic site
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial military architecture
builtBy Spanish Empire
category fortification
protected area of Puerto Rico
country United States
dateEstablished 1949-02-14
establishedBy United States Congress
governingBody National Park Service
hasPart Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Fortín San Juan de la Cruz
Paseo del Morro
city walls of Old San Juan
hasVisitorCenter true
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of the United States
UNESCO World Heritage Site
inscriptionYearAsWorldHeritageSite 1983
languageOfOfficialInformation English
Spanish
locatedIn Old San Juan
Puerto Rico
San Juan
locatedInMunicipality Municipality of San Juan
locatedInTimeZone Atlantic Standard Time
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean coast
Island of Puerto Rico
San Juan Bay
managedBy National Park Service
nearestCity San Juan
openToPublic true
partOf National Park System
periodOfConstruction 16th century
17th century
18th century
protects coastal defense system of San Juan
historic Spanish colonial fortifications
significantFor history of Spanish colonialism in the Caribbean
maritime defense of the New World
military history
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural (iii)
cultural (vi)
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 266

Referenced by (13)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Felipe del Morro ("World Heritage Site "La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico"")
Castillo San Felipe del Morro
La Fortaleza
partOf
Paseo de la Princesa ("Old San Juan")
San Juan city walls
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ("Old San Juan")
locatedIn
Condado ("Old San Juan")
adjacentTo
Old San Juan
contains
San Juan
hasLandmark
San Juan Bay ("La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico")
hasNearbyUNESCOSite
San Juan Cathedral ("Historic Old San Juan")
isPartOf
San Juan
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains

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