Garita san juan puerto rico: Garita del Diablo – San Juan, Puerto Rico

La Garita — San Juan

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La Garita, a sentry box at El Morro castle, has come to symbolize Puerto Rico and El Viejo San Juan in particular. photo: Bob Curran   EL VIEJO SAN JUAN San Juan is the OLDEST CITY under the U.S. flag. It was founded in 1511 by Juan Ponce de León. The district that today is known as El Viejo San Juan or Old San Juan was the personal vision of Ponce de Len. He helped plot the layout of the city, supervised the construction of its massive walls and determined which structures were to be built and where. Situated on an easily defensible isthmus, Old San Juan is bounded by two fortresses: El Morro and Fort San Cristóbal. Many of the sites in the Old San Juan area were built in the 1500’s and are National Historic Sites as well as World Historic Sites. Old San Juan was built as a military stronghold. It is a place were you can visit 500 years of history in one day. The area covers 7 square blocks of narrow cobblestone paved streets, lined with centuries old colonial homes with distinct balconies and courtyards; fortresses, and promenade. Old San Juan’s forts and city walls are among the best preserved in the hemisphere. The area is dotted with antique homes, churches, and plazas that represent the Caribbean’s most priceless architecture. El Viejo San Juan is home to sidewalk cafes, art galleries, museums, and beautifully restored homes giving the area a romantic nostalgic look. Tropical vegetation that includes ferns, bugambillas, palm trees, banana trees, flamboyanes, hibiscus bushes, and the beloved coqui add to that special feel. En Mi Viejo San Juan   We’ve had to delete the words to this beautiful song due to copyright laws. Too bad — some day soon it will be completely forgotten.   The midi was also deleted for the same reasons.   A few of the sites to see in Old San Juan include: Castillo de San Felipe del Morro (El Morro) — Construction of the castle and fortress was begun in 1533. This is the largest fortress in the Caribbean. It is full of tunnels, dungeons, barracks, outpost, ramps, and sentry posts. El Palacio de Santa Catalina (La Fortaleza) was built in 1533 as a fortress. La Fortaleza proved to be too small and has since served as the Governor’s Mansion. It is the the oldest Governor’s Palace still in use in the Western Hemisphere. Casa Blanca was built for and is the ancestral home of Juan Ponce de León and his family. El Paseo de la Princesa is a picturesque boulevard that paralleles the ancient walls. Plaza de Armas is Old San Juan’s main square. It was the original training grounds for troops. This 16th-century plaza later became the city’s principal social gathering place. Capilla de Cristo is a charming tiny chapel with an exquisite silver altar that is visible through glass doors. It has it own interesting history. Quincentennial Plaza was built to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of Puerto Rico. Cuartel de Ballaja is a historic Spanish military barracks. The Dominican Convent was built by monks of the Dominican Order in 1523 and is a beautiful example of colonial architecture. San Jose Church is the second oldest church in the New World. San Juan Gate is the oldest surviving gate of the San Juan wall and the city’s first ceremonial entrance, used whenever high-ranking government or religious officials visited the island. San Juan Cathedral is Gothic in style and one of only a few examples of authentic medieval architecture still standing in the New World. It is also the resting place of Juan Ponce de León.

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Fort San Cristobal in Old San Juan, often in the shadow of the nearby more popular Fort El Morro, is the largest Spanish fortification in the New World. It was built to repel enemy attacks and, like El Morro, it was equipped with several «garitas», or sentry boxes, in which Spanish soldiers stood guard at night.

One of these booths, built in 1634, stands out from the rest with its legend. Better known as the «Garita del Diablo» or «Devil’s Booth», it is located at a distance from the rest of the sentry booths and protrudes into the ocean. It is said that because of her secluded location and the eerie sounds that were often heard there, the Spanish guards did not like her.

The soldiers in the guardhouses sometimes called roll at night to make sure everything was in order and no one was sleeping. Garita del Diablo was so far away that they had to shout louder than the sound of the ocean waves and the howling wind. One night, a soldier named Sanchez stood guard in the infamous sentry box. No matter how many colleagues called him, the guard did not respond. Until dawn, none of the soldiers dared to go check on him. Arriving at the site in the morning, all they found in the booth was a gun and uniforms. Superstitious guards claimed that Sanchez was taken by the Devil, hence this legend.

However, the locals had a more logical explanation for this disappearance. They claimed that Sanchez left his post to run away with the love of his life, a girl named Diana. The soldier often played the guitar and serenaded her to express his love, however, neither his superiors nor Diana’s stepmother approved of this relationship. The lovers agreed to meet one evening, when Sanchez goes on guard, and escape together. Diana brought him civilian clothes and they took refuge in a house in the Sierra de Trujillo.