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Guayama Pueblo in Municipio de Guayama, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
 

Luis Pales Matos

 
 
Luis Pales Matos Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
1. Luis Pales Matos Marker
Inscription.  
Aquν viviσ por muchos aρos el insigne poeta Luis Pales Matos

English translation:
The famous poet Luis Pales Matos lived here for many years.
 
Erected 1969 by Centro Cultural Guayama.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
 
Location. 17° 59.051′ N, 66° 6.897′ W. Marker is in Guayama in Municipio de Guayama, Puerto Rico. It is in Guayama Pueblo. It is on Calle Baldorioty east of CAlle Luis Venegas Sun, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Calle Baldorioty 43, Guayama PR 00784, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Puerto Rico’s Southern Coastal Zone. Globally, it is one of the Greater Antilles on the Caribbean Sea, in in the Atlantic Ocean, in North America, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Monumento a la Guerra de Corea (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Memorial for the War with Spain (about 500 feet away); Monumento a los Veteranos (about 700 feet away); Hector Luis Colon Mendoza (about 700 feet away); Samuel F.B. Morse
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(approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Samuel F.B. Morse en Arroyo, P.R. (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Monumento a Korea y Vietnam (approx. 6 kilometers away); Alcaldes de Patillas (approx. 10.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Guayama.
 
Luis Pales Matos Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
2. Luis Pales Matos Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 283 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jun. 20, 2026