View allAll Photos Tagged oldsanjuan
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.
This picture is really a blend bewteen two. I fixed it so that it looked like a panoramic view.
"La Puerta de San Juan"
San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Asilo de Beneficencia (Home for the Poor) was built 1840s for the indigent people. Today houses the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture) offering exhibits galleries every day, features an impressive collection of artifacts from pre-European Puerto Rico, including pottery, stone tools and relics, and a recreation of a TaĂno village.
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico @ night from the deck of Royal Carribbean's Serenade of the Seas Cruise Ship.
The dome is just beyond the wall that was built around the city, and most of that wall stands today. The area where I'm standing is a beautiful, open, grassy park, and we saw lots of local residents enjoying the evening, flying kites, walking around.