San Juan (Puerto Rico)

Last modified: 2005-01-08 by dov gutterman
Keywords: puerto rico | san juan | st. john |
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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 11 November 2004

• Overview
• Coat of Arms
  XIX Century Coat of Arms
• Flag at 10th Central-American and Caribbean Games (1966)

See also:

• Puerto Rico
• Clickable Map of Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rico - Subdivisions

Wards:

• Caimito
• Rio Piedras

Overview

The image from lexjuris site is not very impressive. It shows the Coat of Arms of the capital of Puerto Ricoon a white field. On the homepage of San Juan <www.sanjuan.org> there is a small Coat of Arms, a slightly bigger Coat of Arms and ... no flag; there are long descriptions of Coat of Arms and flag(s?). I gather that there has been a 'najanjito' flag with the Coat of Arms and that there is a close connection between the Coat of Arms of Puerto Rico and San Juan. San Juan is on the north coast of Puerto Rico; the oldest part of the city was built on an island in a large bay which has a narrow entrance, connected with mainland by a causeway and bridges; there is the School of Tropical Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico. The site was first visited (1508) by Ponce de le'on who made a settlement (Caparra) 1509 on the mainland; in 1511 Caparra abandoned and site on the island settled; fortifications begun 1533, El Morro castle built 1539-84; attacked by Drake and Hawkins 1595;