Iglesia porta coeli san german pr: Porta Coeli – Iglesia – San German, Puerto Rico / Porta Coeli Church

Templo de Porta Coeli, San German, San German Municipio, PR

[ Photos from Survey HABS PR-45  ]

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[ Drawings from Survey HABS PR-45  ]

[ Data Pages from Survey HABS PR-45  ]

[ Photo Captions from Survey HABS PR-45  ]

About this Item

Title

• Templo de Porta Coeli, San German, San German Municipio, PR

Names

• Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Created / Published

• Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

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  Puerto Rico — San German Municipio — San German

Notes

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  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4

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  Survey number: HABS PR-45

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  Building/structure dates: ca. 1571 Initial Construction

Medium

• Photo(s): 26

• Color Transparencies: 5

• Measured Drawing(s): 9

• Data Page(s): 3

• Photo Caption Page(s): 2

Call Number/Physical Location

• HABS PR,5-SANG,1-

Source Collection

• Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Control Number

• pr0002

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• No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Templo de Porta Coeli, San German, San German Municipio, PR. Puerto Rico San German San German Municipio, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/pr0002/.

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Historic American Buildings Survey, C. (1933) Templo de Porta Coeli, San German, San German Municipio, PR. Puerto Rico San German San German Municipio, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/pr0002/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Templo de Porta Coeli, San German, San German Municipio, PR. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/pr0002/>.

5 Cosas Que No Sabías de Porta Coeli

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5 Cosas Que No Sabías de Porta Coeli

Allyson Torrellas |
10 November, 2021 |
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El Convento de Santo Domingo de Porta Coeli, mejor conocido como Porta Coeli (Puerta del Cielo), cumple este año sus 415 años desde que fue construído. El mismo está localizado en el casco urbano de San Germán, junto a la Plaza de Próceres. Aquí te presentamos 5 datos sobre esta impresionante estructura.

1) Es una de las estructuras eclesiásticas más antiguas de Puerto Rico:

La estructura, apreciada hoy día, fue construída en 1606. Para 1521 el fray Antonio Montesino trae a Puerto Rico a seis frailes dominicos con el propósito de fundar un convento en esta tierra. De esta iniciativa, nace la iglesia conventual Santo Tomás de Aquino (hoy día Iglesia San José y sede del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña) en 1532. Con el fin de continuar expandiendo su fe cristiana a lo largo de la Isla, se sitúan en la villa de San Germán para fundar el Convento Santo Domingo de Guzmán en honor al fundador de la Orden de Dominicos.

2) Fue una escuela:

Desde sus inicios tuvo función de monasterio y escuela. De hecho, en un informe del Obispo Fray Damián López de Haro del 16 de septiembre de 1644 hace mención de las únicas tres escuelas encontradas en Puerto Rico para aquel entonces: el Convento de Santo Domingo en San Juan, Convento los Dominicos en San Germán y el Convento de San Francisco en San Juan.

3) El convento fue demolido:

Para 1812 los Dominicos habían abandonado el Convento de Porta Coeli. Luego de varios años de disputas entre cuál sería la función del edificio del Convento para el beneficio del pueblo, es de la atención de muchos el mal estado en el que se encontraba el Convento y se toma la decisión de ser demolido por el municipio. Sin embargo, la capilla quedó en pie y la misma fue restaurada en 1878. Hoy vemos parte de las ruinas del convento justo al lado de la iglesia.

4) Su nombre tiene varias pronunciaciones:

El nombre de “Porta Coeli” proviene del latín eclesiástico, significa Puerta del Cielo y se acostumbra  pronunciarse “Porta Cheli”. Sin embargo, no se limita a llamarse de esta manera pues comúnmente podemos escuchar “Porta Celi”, “Porta Coeli” o “Porta Keli” y es socialmente aceptado.

5) Actualmente es un Museo de Arte Religioso:

En 1960 el Dr. Ricardo Alegría fundó El Museo de Arte Religioso Porta Coeli, administrado por el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña.