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    The Ponce Historic Zone (Spanish: Zona Histórica de Ponce) is a historic district in downtown Ponce, Puerto Rico, consisting of buildings, plazas and...
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    Trust for Historic Preservation named the Ponce Historic Zone as one of America's most endangered historic places. With 31 barrios, Ponce is Puerto Rico's...
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    industrialist and philanthropist Luis A. Ferré at a location in the Ponce Historic Zone. The museum moved to its current building location on Avenida Las...
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    Degetau in the Ponce Historic Zone. The building serves as the seat of the executive branch of government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, including...
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    twelve. The school's main building is a historic structure located on Cristina Street, in the Ponce Historic Zone. From its beginning the school has secured...
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    famed engineer Timoteo Luberza, it occupies a city block in the Ponce Historic Zone at the grid formed by Calle Atocha, Estrella, Leon, and Castillo...
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    This list of barrios of Ponce consists of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. With 31 barrios, Ponce is Puerto Rico's municipality...
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    in the middle of Ponce's town square, known as Plaza Las Delicias, located at the center of the Ponce Historic Zone. For its historic significance, the...
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  • of Santurce The Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino in the downtown Ponce Historic Zone Teatro Fox Delicias (The Fox Hotel) Former Hotel Ponce Intercontinental...
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    The Parque de Bombas (English: firehouse) is a historic former fire station in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is one of Puerto Rico's most notable buildings,...
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  • The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) is a Puerto Rican government program adopted...
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    downtown Ponce Historic Zone area of the city of Ponce, but within the city limits of the city of Ponce. It is bounded on the North by Camino de Ponce (Golf...
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    Residencia Armstrong-Poventud (category National Register of Historic Places in Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    Armstrong-Poventud (Armstrong-Poventud Residence) is a historic building located in the Ponce Historic Zone in Ponce, Puerto Rico, across from the Catedral Nuestra...
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    Hotel Meliá (category Hotels in Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    Hotel Meliá is a historic colonial style family owned and operated hotel located in the Ponce Historic Zone in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is the oldest continuously...
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    Ponce, Puerto Rico's second-largest city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, receives over 100,000 visitors annually. Ponce's sights include monuments...
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    January Street) is a street and historic Victorian block located in barrio Segundo in Ponce, Puerto Rico, built to house Ponce's volunteer firemen and their...
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    Puente de los Leones (category Bridges in Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    western terminus of Bulevar Miguel Pou, the main gateway to the Ponce Historic Zone. The Art Deco bridge carries four lanes of vehicular traffic from...
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    family park. It is located in Barrio Tercero at the entrance to the Ponce Historic Zone on Miguel Pou Boulevard, at the southern terminus of PR-1. The park...
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    the emblematic 500-year-old Ceiba tree stands on the edge of the Ponce Historic Zone. The park opened in 1984, under the administration of Mayor Jose...
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    Teatro La Perla (category National Register of Historic Places in Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    Pearl of the Mediterranean." It is located in barrio Tercero, in the Ponce Historic Zone. The theater was designed in the 1860s by Juan Bertoli Calderoni...
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  • Thumbnail for Centro Español de Ponce
    The Centro Español de Ponce is a historic structure located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, dating to the early twentieth century and which served as the last headquarters...
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    namesake franchise and renamed the hotel Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino. The hotel is located in the Ponce Historic Zone. It has two major buildings. The first...
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    "The Historic District of Ponce: Second only to Old San Juan in terms of historical significance, the central district of Ponce is a blend of Ponce Creole...
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  • Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti (category Architects from Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    of Ponce. Today, Alfredo Wiechers' city residence, located in the Ponce Historic Zone and which he designed himself, is a museum, the Museo de la Arquitectura...
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  • prominently created murals in the Ponce Historic Zone as well as its adjacent areas and barrios. One of the objectives of the Ponce es Ley urban festival event...
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    Castillo Serrallés (category National Register of Historic Places in Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    prominent and nearest hill to the Ponce Historic Zone. Its location has the mansion overlooking the city of Ponce. Cerro del Vigía is the name of one...
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    Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña (Museum of Ponce Architecture). The house sits in the Ponce Historic Zone. The Villaronga Residence is an outstanding...
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    PR-10 (PR-14, near km 5.2) Except in the city of Ponce where (with the exception of the Ponce Historic Zone) the road is a 4-lane road known as Avenida Tito...
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    Ponce, and is located at 70 Cristina street in the Ponce Historic Zone, in Barrio Tercero, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The Center is located in a structure designed...
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    Plaza Muñoz Rivera (category Buildings and structures in Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    south of Plaza Muñoz Rivera. The square is at the center of the Ponce Historic Zone, and is flanked by the Armstrong-Poventud Residence to the west,...
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