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  • Collection: Postales de Puerto Rico: Colección Osvaldo García

[ Escuela Normal y Escuela Práctica ]

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"The university’s origins date to 1899 when the Island Board of Public Education offered $15,000 a year to any town that would invest a matching amount in creating a normal school. Fajardo accepted the proposal and the Normal Industrial School was…

[ Fachada del Castillo Labadie en Moca ]

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"The Hacienda Iruena Manor House is the only building still standing of an agricul­tural conglomerate where both coffee and sugar were planted and processed. It is a successful adaptation of architectural design in one of the grand traditions - in…

[ Fortín Conde de Mirasol ]

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Fortín Conde Mirasol is located on a hill with a view of the Isabel Segunda village in Vieques, island-municipality located nine miles east of Puerto Rico. This small fort is a typical example of the Spanish fortifications of the 19th century, which…