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Ponce Jazz Festival (329 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The festival is one of the newest in the Western Hemisphere. It was inaugurated in 2012. It takes place at

Cerro Maravilla (514 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

peak in Puerto Rico, due to the 1978 Cerro Maravilla murders which took place here. The peak is located at the end of the 0.5 km-long Puerto Rico Highway

Fiesta Nacional de la Danza (944 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(English: Puerto Rican Danza Week), is a cultural celebration that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The festival centers on the danza, a musical

Magueyes, Ponce, Puerto Rico (918 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014. Buena Vista In place of gods and kings: authorship and identity in the Relación de Michoacán

Magueyes Urbano (578 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Bucaná (1,036 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

established as a barrio of Ponce, around 1597, the bay of Ponce had a small place populated by Christian European settlers that was called Bucaná. In 1800

Primero, Ponce, Puerto Rico (697 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Festival Nacional de la Quenepa (1,021 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(English: National Genip Fruit Festival) is a cultural celebration that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The festival centers around the genip

Spanish treasure fleet (3,683 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

precious metals of private merchants at a rate of 20%, a tax known as the quinto real or royal fifth. By the end of the 16th century, Spain became the richest

Maragüez (754 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

El Tuque (1,118 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

erosion that occurred over the years, a beach replenishment project then took place in 1979, but the sand added was darker than the original sand there and

Cerrillos, Ponce, Puerto Rico (906 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Capitanejo, Ponce, Puerto Rico (969 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved March 3, 2010. Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place: GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 (Data Set:

Cerro de Punta (1,188 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

located at coordinates 18.172458 and -66.591839W. The nearest populated place to Cerro de Punta is Urbanización Vega Linda, located 3.3 miles (5.3 km)

Feria de Artesanías de Ponce (1,214 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Arte de Ponce (Ponce Crafts Fair and Arts Expo), is an event that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where artists, craftspeople and artisans

Machuelo Abajo (956 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 9 June 2012. Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place: GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 (Data Set:

Anón (1,397 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

place in Barrio Anón was named after the meaning of the word, or if the word developed as a result of the remoteness of the Jurutungo populated place

Centro Médico Episcopal San Lucas (1,082 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hospital San Lucas after the privatization of public hospitals that took place in Puerto Rico in the 2000s. One of the outlying buildings of Hospital de

Vayas (1,161 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Guaraguao (1,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Quebrada Limón (885 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 3 March 2010. Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place: GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 (Data Set:

Montes Llanos (917 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Marueño (1,114 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Tibes (1,067 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Portugués Urbano (1,501 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

is, at a place where it was possible to cross the river, whether afoot or on horseback, with relative ease. River crossings are very old place names, for

Día Mundial de Ponce (1,512 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

cultural festivities. It then culminates with the grand parade that takes place on the Sunday before Labor Day. The celebration started in 2012 and has

Fernando de Villanueva (859 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

establish peace with the indigenous of the place, which allowed him to raise the tax known as the "Quinto Real". During his administration, Villanueva was

Ponce Health Sciences University (1,057 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

increase the student body at the medical school to 600 which, when fully in place, will make it the largest private medical school in Puerto Rico and one

Paseo Atocha (794 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Atocha turns into a calm place, and sometimes serves as a gathering place for cultural activities. The promenade is a lively place, and shoppers can find

Portugués (Ponce) (1,872 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

is, at a place where it was possible to cross the river, whether afoot or on horseback, with relative ease. River crossings are very old place names, for

Complejo Recreativo y Cultural La Guancha (1,010 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

away from the waterfront while reconstruction of the waterfront area takes place. Originally La Guancha consisted of a road and sidewalk alongside a dike

Canas, Ponce, Puerto Rico (1,438 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set:

Las Justas (2,581 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

except for 2010 and 2016 – it has been held since. The week-long event takes place during the month of April. Due to the 2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes in the

Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico (2,198 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Subsequently, during the 17th and 18th centuries, significant contraband took place on these shores as well as attempts to attack and ransack the Playa settlement

Banco de Ponce (building) (558 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

1990. The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1987. It was built in 1924. The building is located facing Plaza

Calle 25 de Enero (1,157 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

volunteer firemen and their families, after the historic fire that took place in the city on 25 January 1899, in appreciation for their labor on that

Nightlife in Ponce, Puerto Rico (2,313 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

competitions in Ponce area sports venues. Las Justas lasts one week and take place during the month of April. With over 200,000 college students attending

Ponce YMCA Building (647 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Santa Maria. The structure was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 4 June 2012. The history of the Ponce YMCA dates back to 1917 when the

Cruce a Nado Internacional (2,364 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Internacional is a yearly international swimming competition that takes place at Bahía de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is the oldest open water swimming

Paseo Tablado La Guancha (755 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

away from the waterfront while reconstruction of the waterfront area takes place. The Paseo Tablado La Guancha is located in Ponce's sea shore. Built in

Teatro La Perla (1,202 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the theatrical artistic culture in the region, but it also served as a place of assembly for those who were dedicated to the social issues in Ponce and

Cardona Island Light (806 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 22 October 1981. The light is located on a small 6-acre (2.4 ha) key

Carnaval de Ponce (2,395 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Carnival of Venice, and Rio de Janeiro's Carnival and hundreds of other places that observe this holiday around the world. The estimated attendance is

Rosaly–Batiz House (980 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Archives "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying

Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro (1,936 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

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

Residencia Subirá (1,097 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Its location, only two blocks away from the main urban plaza of Ponce, places the Frau Residence into the "inner circle" of the historic urban core of

San Antón (2,309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 2 August 2019. Revolutionary Ideas in Planning: Identity, Power & Place @ The Margins By Wanda I. Mills, Department of Urban Planning, Rutgers University

San Antón (2,309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 2 August 2019. Revolutionary Ideas in Planning: Identity, Power & Place @ The Margins By Wanda I. Mills, Department of Urban Planning, Rutgers University

Pedro Alonso Niño (621 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Columbus, he committed to give 20% of his profits to the Spanish Crown (see quinto real). In the company of brothers Luis and Cristóbal de la Guerra, respectively

Casa Paoli (1,276 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Paoli. The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The house had been a wedding gift for Paoli's parents, who married

Hilarión Pérez Guerra (173 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

known as Carnaval de Ponce, takes place in 1858. This is the earliest known recorded date of the event taking place in Ponce. Puerto Rico portal List

Casa Salazar-Candal (1,062 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ponce "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010. Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying

Casa Fernando Luis Toro (1,171 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Francisco Porrata Doria. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 5 March 1986, as Fernando Luis Toro Casa. It is also known as Casa Chavier

Mercado de las Carnes (1,339 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

overcrowded farmer's market ("Plaza del Mercado") and provide an adequate market place for perishable meat products. Located across the street from the historic

Casa Oppenheimer (1,001 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

) "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010. Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying

Castillo Serrallés (1,299 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

weddings. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 1996, the structure was featured in the American TV series America's

Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul (1,043 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

serving the poor. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Cementerio Catolico San Vicente de Paul is located off Puerto Rico

Bolera Caribe (835 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in April 2010: "The events of canoeing, rowing, and bowling will take place in the Ciudad Señorial, this last one at Bolera Caribe." Caribbean Cinemas

Antiguo Casino de Ponce (1,967 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

dinner to honor Prince of Asturias, His Majesty Felipe de Borbon, took place. Ponce had three casinos before this one. The first Casino de Ponce was

Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) (1,065 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

architecture. The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1987. It was built in 1924. The building was owned by Banco

McCabe Memorial Church (920 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2008. It is one of four places such listed in Barrio Playa, the others being the U.S.

Hotel Ponce Intercontinental (2,332 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

nostalgic original building. In any event, neither repairs nor demolition took place and, in 2012, CBC Development along with the Integrated Development Commission

Lake Cerrillos (885 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

cuerdas (about 195 acres) of land. Various Games and competitions have taken place in this north area. The second park is located south of the lake. This area

Antonio Corro (238 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and served until around 30 November 1845 when José Zaldo took Corro's place as interim mayor. After José Zaldo had served as interim mayor until 31

Ponce City Hall (1,684 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

cells before, and the courtyard of the City Hall was the place where executions took place. The last public hanging on the island happened in its courtyard

Casa de Contratación (2,274 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

controlled the economic development of Hispaniola. A 20 per cent tax, the quinto real (royal fifth) was levied by the Casa on all precious metals entering

Antiguo Cuartel Militar Español de Ponce (889 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

district. The structure was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 14 May 1987. "El Castillo", as this building is commonly known, was built

Francisco Vassallo (1,093 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Independence, a conflict between French and Spanish forces that took place from 1807 to 1814. He had been taken prisoner of war in Nantes. He arrived

Primera Iglesia Metodista Unida de Ponce (1,249 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

district. The structure was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 29 October 1987. Under the Spanish colonial government (1508 - 1898)

Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns (767 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

important sports venue, several non-sports historical events have taken place there. The tumultuous General Assembly of the then-ruling New Progressive

Casa Font-Ubides (1,085 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(San Juan, Puerto Rico) August 1987. In National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. United States Department of the Interior. National

Eduardo Armstrong (555 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ruins throughout the city and the construction of new buildings in their place. He also advanced the cause of public education in the city. Armstrong Toro

Vasco Núñez de Balboa (5,344 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

while keeping four-fifths for himself, under a policy known as the quinto real, or "royal fifth". In 1501, he crossed the Caribbean coasts from the

Las Mañanitas (celebration) (841 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

and a popular town breakfast hosted by the municipal government. It takes place on 12 December, and is a traditional event sponsored by the Roman Catholic

Antiguo Hospital Militar Español de Ponce (1,216 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Register of Historic Places in Ponce, Puerto Rico "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service

Conquest of the Canary Islands (7,575 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

governorship of the island, although he would not receive revenue from the quinto real tax. The finance for the conquest was achieved by the sale of his sugar

Albert L. Myer (1,198 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

place around the island to denounce the municipal governments’ poor response to the disaster. “The most serious demonstration of tension took place in

Grand Prix de Ponce (480 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

started in 1993. Before the construction of the Speedway, the race took place in the area of La Guancha in barrio Playa in Ponce. The new speedway opened

Casa Wiechers-Villaronga (1,564 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

family. The house was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as Villaronga House. The structure is considered "treasure trove

Luis Porrata-Doría (1,004 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

result of the impact of the hurricane, a number of demonstrations took place around the island to denounce the poor response of various municipal governments

Caja de Muertos Light (985 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 October 2020. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form – Isla Caja de Muertos Light. United States Department

Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad (1,367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

unknown. The church was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 29 September 1986. The Holy Trinity Church (1926) is a free-standing

Plaza del Mercado de Ponce (1,554 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Isabel II building to occupy it once more as a fruit-and-vegetables market place. "The phenomenon of this building, unique in Puerto Rico, is that despite

Parque de Bombas (1,452 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

converted into a museum. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 12 July 1984. The structure was built as the main exhibit pavilion for

Festival de Bomba y Plena de San Antón (711 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

at placita Pedro Arce of Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico. It takes place on over 10 days, sometimes on a weekend (3 days). The festival generated

José Mirelis (413 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

During Mirelis's mayoral administration, on 25 September 1880, a fire took place destroying most of the older civil records (births, baptisms, marriages

Centro del Sur Mall (1,610 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mujer” Other talent shows have also taken place here. On 24 December 1966, the mall became the first public place in Puerto Rico where Santa Claus landed

José de Toro (749 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1820, the first known division of the Ponce territory into barrios takes place. There is a street in Urbanización Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes in Ponce

Centro Cultural Carmen Solá de Pereira de Ponce (1,127 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

rendering by Ponceños and Puerto Ricans in general. Over 75 of these have taken place on a monthly basis since their inception. This offering started under the

Joaquín Martínez (mayor) (725 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

1820, a large fire that "almost destroyed the early Ponce settlement" took place, prompting Governor Miguel de la Torre to order that "every male from 16

Café Rico (1,045 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

its members, requires a whole baseball stadium to carry it on. They take place at the Francisco Montaner Stadium in Ponce. Its board of directors has 15

Francisco Olazarra (604 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

council member Capo took part in carrying out the investigation, which took place between October and November 1865. On 10 October 1865, the slave was returned

Albergue Caritativo Tricoche (2,056 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

historic structure was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 14 May 1987. The "Albergue Caritativo Tricoche" (Tricoche Charitable

Monumento a los héroes de El Polvorín (mausoleum) (900 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

one civilian who subdued the flames of the "El Polvorín" fire that took place on the night of 25 January 1899 in that city. The monument is located in

Caja de Muertos Island (3,599 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

contractor for the project. The agency also claimed that patrolling had taken place when the boat “was available”. Caja de Muertos is located 5.2 mi (8.4 km)

Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico (1,730 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

subsequently set for September 2012. However, its official inauguration took place on 11 October 2012. Variously known as Centro de Convenciones de Ponce,

Residencia Armstrong-Poventud (2,278 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Armstrong-Poventud family. It is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as the Armstrong-Toro House, and is also known as the Casa de las Cariatides

Festival Nacional Afrocaribeño (1,464 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ponce, Puerto Rico. The celebration, which commonly lasts three days, takes place in late June. It has been called "a world-class" event that brings together

Ponce Cement (1,002 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cemento Ponce product label. The municipality of Ponce was the perfect place to establish a cement plant, as the type of soil needed for cement production

Fiestas patronales de Ponce (933 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ponce, Puerto Rico. The celebration, which commonly lasts three days, takes place in late December. Ponce's Fiestas patronales are heavily influenced by Spanish

Joaquín Tellechea (817 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

municipal council meeting while a council clerk was voted on and put in place. By the end of that same council meeting, held on 18 October 1812, Tellechea

Ponce, Puerto Rico (21,912 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Historic Places. The nonprofit Project for Public Places listed the historic downtown Ponce city center as one of the 60 of the World's Great Places, for

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (2,176 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

significance, the cathedral was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is the seat of the Bishop of Ponce, currently Rubén González

José Ortiz de la Renta (1,841 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1820, the first known division of the Ponce territory into barrios took place. During his third mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta was mayor from the moment

Currency of Spanish America (5,567 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

cobs). Ingots and cobs were a way to account for the 20% (royal fifth, quinto real) of all treasure due the king. The value of the escudo was raised on

Ramón Elices Montes (931 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the General Assembly of the Partido Autonomista Puertorriqueño that took place at Teatro La Perla in 1887, he wrote a voluminous "Memoirs" of the event

Portugués Dam (1,410 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

path of the river within the city of Ponce, no dam-building would take place for over seven decades. Since the 1970s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

European colonization of the Americas (10,765 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

these settlements and collect at least 20% of all treasure found (the quinto real collected by the Casa de Contratación), in addition to collecting all

Captaincy General of Yucatán (5,956 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

limited slave trade in Mayan prisoners, partial tax breaks from the quinto real, almojarifazgo, and salt tax, grants of two caballerías and two solares

Fernando Diez de Ulzurrún y Somellera (817 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

depository and he kept the third key. He then required that money collected be place in the box on a daily basis, together will all associated receipts and accounting

Edificio Empresas Ferré (224 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

building and the mural were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 due to their architectural, artistic and historic significance.

Miguel Rosich y Más (1,725 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

like Paris, on the first day of the fair. The great fair in Ponce took place in 1882 and Parque de Bombas was built then and left as a legacy until today

Habsburg Spain (14,035 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

left mining to private enterprise but instituted a tax known as the "quinto real" whereby a fifth of the metal was collected by the government. The Spanish

Hacienda Buena Vista (3,991 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

when a series of three yearly natural and politico-economic disasters took place, and coffee production in all of Puerto Rico fell from 338 tons to only

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (19,923 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he was prohibited from taking precious metals from Castile beyond the Quinto Real; and he would respect the rights of his mother, Queen Joanna. The Cortes

Spanish Empire (26,904 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

while the crown gained a 20% slice of the profits, the royal fifth ("quinto real"). Further adding to the crown's revenues in mining was that it held

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador) (5,484 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

and precious stones, in order to assure the correct allotment of the quinto real — the "royal fifth": 20% of all treasure gained in the conquests was

Carnaval de Vejigantes (2,216 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

three to five days, generally takes place in late January or early February. It started in 1991. It takes place at Parque Lucy Grillasca on PR-585 in

History of Spain (21,240 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Americas has been cited as the cause of inflation, although only the quinto real (royal fifth) actually went to Spain. A prominent internal factor was

Bahía de Ponce (6,366 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

de Ponce is closely tied to the history of Barrio Playa, the populated place that lines Bahía de Ponce's shores. As the major means of external communication

Ponce Marathon (1,856 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Rico. The race has a length of 42.195 kilometers (26.219 mi) and takes place on a Sunday during the month of December. It starts at 5AM, and runs from

Puente La Milagrosa (1,061 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

main span design is stringer/multi-beam or girder. The deck is cast-in-place concrete with a Monolithic Concrete wearing surface (concurrently placed

Geology of the Pyrenees (9,522 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

sedimentary cover only to reappear in the basement uplifts of Aldudés-Quinto Réal, the southernmost of the Basque basement massifs. In the east the Axial

List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico (13,490 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

mayor was elected by popular vote, which is the system still (2019) in place. Ponce's first mayor was Don Pedro Sánchez de Mathos, in 1692, appointed

Economic history of Mexico (17,495 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was mined under license from the crown, with a fifth of the proceeds (quinto real) rendered to the crown. Although the Spaniards sought gold, and there

Puente de los Leones (1,732 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

main span design is stringer/multi-beam or girder. The deck is cast-in-place concrete with a Monolithic Concrete wearing surface (concurrently placed

Street art in Ponce, Puerto Rico (1,902 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

as a destination for art lovers. Another notable street art project took place in January 2018 at Callejón Trujillo and termed "Murales para Pensar" (Murals

Toro Negro State Forest (10,192 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

federal government land acquisitions of 1935 were allowed to stay in their places when forest protection went into effect. In January 1999, a bill in the

Museo de Arqueología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico (2,493 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

for over 40 years. Its past excavations and other fieldwork have taken place at the following archaeological sites: El Bronce, Ponce: Dr. Gary Vescelius

History of Seville (14,369 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to acquire trade goods from the New World. A twenty percent tax, the quinto real, was levied by the Casa on all precious metals entering Spain. Trade

Ancient Regime of Spain (11,805 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and led it to periodic bankruptcies. These revenues were mainly the quinto real of American metals (which altered the economy of Europe producing the

Empire of Charles V (13,174 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

high offices of Spain, was prohibited from taking more than a fifth (Quinto Real) of the precious metals coming from the Americas, and would respect the