San Juan Sunset
by Mariola Bitner
Title
San Juan Sunset
Artist
Mariola Bitner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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San Juan is the capital and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port City"). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.[5] Several historical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Crist�bal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the Americas.
Technological advances after World War II in the development of the airliner, coupled with the island's climate and natural setting, have transformed San Juan into the springboard for tourism around the island, and has made the rest of the Caribbean known throughout the world during the last fifty years. Today the capital features hotels, museums, historical buildings, restaurants, beaches and shopping centers. In San Juan there are tourist attractions, including: Old San Juan, Ocean Park, Isla Verde and Condado.
Places and monuments emphasized in tourism campaigns include: Old San Juan, promoting the historic nature of its colonial buildings and narrow streets covered by adoquine, a blue stone cast from furnace slag; they were brought over as ballast on Spanish ships. This includes the city's ancient defensive wall and forts, most notably El Morro and the Castle of San Crist�bal. On January 23, 1984 both of these edifices were catalogued as being part of humanity's cultural patrimony. The restaurants and art galleries in the zone are visited by tourists. The local universities are promoted as historic places, most notably the campus of University of Puerto Rico located in R�o Piedras, which is the oldest university on the island being founded in 1903.
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Comments (32)
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous sunset photograph in San Juan with great colors, light, and perspective, Mariola! F/L
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Skyline Photos of America for featuring my "San Juan Sunset " in the group Weekenders!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Robyn King for featuring my "San Juan Sunset" in the group The World We See Group!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Jannice Walker for featuring my "San Juan Sunset" in the group All Art Welcome!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Rebecca Malo for featuring my "San Juan Sunset" in the group Pin Me - Daily!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Oiyee At Oystudio for featuring my "San Juan Sunset" in the group A Sense of Serenity!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Nina Prommer for featuring my "San Juan Sunset" in the group ART - It Is Good For You!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Karen Silvestri for featuring my " San Juan Sunset" in the group Lady Photographers and Artists!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Becki Kremer for featuring my "San Juan Sunset" in the group Caribbean Life!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you John M Bailey for featuring my "San Juan Sunset" in the group Images That Excite You!
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Mariola Bitner
Thank you John M Bailey for featuring my "San Juan Sunset" in the group Images That Excite You!