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Cerro del Vigía

Mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Cerro del Vigia, desde Ave. Las Americas y Calle Virgilio Biaggi, Bo. Canas Urbano, Ponce, PR (DSC01256)
Cerro del Vigia, desde Ave. Las Americas y Calle Virgilio Biaggi, Bo. Canas Urbano, Ponce, PR (DSC01256)

Cerro del Vigía is a hill in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico, located just north of the city of Ponce. A tourist destination, it is home to Museo Castillo Serrallés, Cruceta del Vigía, and the former Hotel Ponce Intercontinental. The 456-foot high hill sits at the foothills of the Cordillera Central and is located in Barrio Portugués Urbano. The hill is home to several well-to-do mansions of which the best known is Castillo Serrallés, now a Museum.

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Cerro del Vigía
Paseo de la Cruceta, Ponce Portugués Urbano (Portugués Urbano)

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N 18.018888888889 ° E -66.620277777778 °
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Paseo de la Cruceta

Paseo de la Cruceta
00730 Ponce, Portugués Urbano (Portugués Urbano)
Puerto Rico, United States
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Cerro del Vigia, desde Ave. Las Americas y Calle Virgilio Biaggi, Bo. Canas Urbano, Ponce, PR (DSC01256)
Cerro del Vigia, desde Ave. Las Americas y Calle Virgilio Biaggi, Bo. Canas Urbano, Ponce, PR (DSC01256)
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Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro
Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro

The Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro (English: Román Baldorioty de Castro National Pantheon) is a tract of land in Barrio Segundo of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, originally designed as the city's cemetery, but later converted into what has come to be a famous burial place. Established in 1842, it is Puerto Rico's first (and only) national pantheon. It is the only cemetery dedicated as a museum in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Prior to being dedicated as a Panteón Nacional, it was known as Cementerio Viejo or as Cementerio Antiguo de Ponce, and is listed under that name on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The Pantheon is named after Román Baldorioty de Castro, a prolific Puerto Rican politician, and firm believer of Puerto Rican autonomy and independence. His remains are located here. The Pantheon also houses a small museum about the history of autonomism in the Island, and it is currently used both as a park and a venue for the expression of culture and the arts. It is called the Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño. Prior to being turned into a National Pantheon in 1991, it was known as Antiguo Cementerio de Ponce (Ponce's Old Cemetery), to differentiate it from the newer (though now also over 100 years old) Cementerio Civil de Ponce (Ponce Civil Cemetery). Built in 1842, after the design of Antonio Torruella, the cemetery was enlarged in 1864, following the design of Nieto Blajol Iglesia. It closed in 1918.