Segundo in Ponce in Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)

Puerto Rico Quincentenary Memorial

1492 - 1992

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Puerto Rico Quincentenary Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2023

1. Puerto Rico Quincentenary Memorial Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Esta fachada fue rehabilitada por España con motivo del quinto centenario del descubrimiento de America - encuentro de dos mundos.

[English translation:]
This façade was rehabilitated by Spain on the occasion of the fifth centenary of the discovery of America - meeting of two worlds.

Erected 1991.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Colonial Era • Exploration. A significant historical date for this entry is October 12, 1492.

Location. 18° 0.747′ N, 66° 36.853′ W. Marker is in Ponce in Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is in Segundo. It is on Calle Reina Isabel just east of Calle Unión, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Calle Reina Isabel 86, Ponce PR 00730, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is on Puerto Rico’s Southern Coastal Zone. Globally, it is one of the Greater Antilles

on the Caribbean Sea,

on in the Atlantic Ocean,

in North America,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Puerto Rico Quincentenary Memorial (here, next to this marker); Luis Muñoz Rivera (within shouting distance of this marker); Don Julio Stenacher (within shouting distance of this marker); The Building / El Edificio (within shouting distance of this marker); Doctor Rafael Pujals (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); El Edificio / Cronologica del Cuerpo de Bomberos Municipal de Ponce (about 300 feet away); Escuela de Architectura y Diseño Rafael Hernández Colón (about 300 feet away); Willie Vincéns Tous (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ponce.

Puerto Rico Quincentenary Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2023

2. Puerto Rico Quincentenary Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 148 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 18, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.