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La Rogativa Plaza- was built in 1971, features a modern sculpture depicting a procession of religious women commemorates an event that took place on the site in 1797. During the spring of that year, a fleet of British ships led by under Sir Ralph Ambercrombie sailed into San Juan Bay, meaning to launch an assault on the city and take control of the colony. When the attack was foiled, they undertook a naval blockade of San Juan, hoping to starve the residents into submission. As the towns people began to despair of any help from soldiers garrisoned in the inland towns, the governor ordered a rogativa, or divine entreaty, to ask the saints for assistance. The women of the town formed a procession through the streets, carrying torches and ringing bells. The British, hearing the commotion and seeing the moving lights, decided that reinforcements had arrived and quickly sailed off.
Señor Frog store. I suppose they sell frogs, but I didn't go in to check. In Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Tienda del Señor Frog. Supongo que venden sapos, pero no entré a averiguar. En el Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Angle in the city wall, near the Santa Elena Magazine, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Angulo en el muro de la ciudad, cerca del PolvorÃn Santa Elena, en el Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Someone told us a story that they were used as ballast in ships coming into port, and dumped there when the ships loaded up with other good stuff. Eventually they were used to have the streets.