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  • Collection: Postales de Puerto Rico: Colección Osvaldo García

Palatial Residence at "El Vigia", Ponce, P. R.

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Puerto Rico has many beautiful modern residences. This view shows a palatial home located on a small hill called "El Vigía" back of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico and overlooking the entire city with the Caribbean Sea in the distance.

Private Residence, Ponce, P. R.

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"The Carlos Armstrong-Toro Residence is one of Ponce's most famous houses. This structure was designed and built by Manuel Domenech, one of the island's most distinguished architects of the late XIX and early XX centuries. Some of Domenech's designs…

Private Residence, Ponce P. R.
[Rosaly-Batiz Residence]

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"The Batiz Residence was built in 1897 by the renowned engineer Manuel Domenech for the Mayor of the City of Ponce, Don Pedro Juan Rosaly. A native of Ponce, Domenech graduated from the prestigious Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of New York and was…

PARQUE DE BOMBEROS, PONCE

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"In 1820, two great fires affected the city of Ponce; one destroyed great part of the center of the city; and the other gutted 80% of Ponce's port zone, paralyzing all, commercial trade to the southern section of Puerto Rico. Because of this problem…