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America was the last continent to be inhabited by men. When the Ice Age began, some 15,000 to 20,000 years...

Catholic friars arrived in the New World in the sixteenth century with a mission to evangelise, bringing religious sculptures and images...

In the early 1500s the battery and tower that would become El Morro protected the harbour and provided some refuge...

A landing of British soldiers and bombardment by British warships put the newly built Castillo San Cristóbal’s defences to the...

Puerto Rico took on a new strategic importance under American administration. The opening of the Panama Canal, a vital waterway...

During the 1800s Spanish colonial authorities increasingly relied on locally recruited units to provide defense for their possessions. However, Spain’s lack...

Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Salud, otherwise known as the Cristo Chapel, is perched atop the wall that once...

Due to San Juan’s vulnerability from land attacks, Spanish officials ordered the construction of defence works to the east of...

The community of La Perla, situated just outside the city walls of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico, is named after the...

Castillo San Felipe del Morro owes its name to the headland on which it sits. El Morro literally means the headland,...