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Murallas del Viejo San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
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Significance: From the beginning of Spanish settlement on Puerto Rico (by Ponce de Leon in 1508), the geographic and strategic importance of the excellent port at San Juan was recognized. By 1540 the first fortifications to guard the harbor had been constructed, at the present sites of La Fortaleza and the fort of El Morro. The English attacks of 1595 and 1598, and the Dutch attack of 1625 proved the usefulness of these forts. In each of these attacks, however, the population retreated to the forts for protection, leaving the actual settlement of San Juan vulnerable to pillage and arson by the invaders...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N502
Survey number: HABS PR-135
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930
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