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Lares is a municipality and town of Puerto Rico located in the western mountainous Cordillera Central region of the island. The town is most popularly known for the Grito de Lares, a failed 1868 uprising against the Spanish colonial rule which has become a landmark of Puerto Rico’s history.
Understand[edit]
Lares is one of the municipalities in “La Montaña”, the mountain. Its pueblo with the municipal buildings, a Roman Catholic church, and a main recreational plaza is a must-see. Agricultural tourism is beginning to take shape and there are many coffee farms and restored haciendas. Hacienda Lealtad is a restored hacienda where slaves and day laborers once labored in picking and processing coffee. Lares is one of the areas where a group of laborers fought Spanish rule (El Grito de Lares) and for that may be thought of as the birthplace of Puerto Rican nationalism. Lares is also where Heladería Lares is located.
Founded in 1968, it is a famous ice-cream shop with the most unusual flavors for ice-cream: corn, avocado, and even rice and beans.
18°17′42″N 66°52′43″W
Map of Lares
- San Juan: Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
- Aguadilla: Rafael Hernández Airport
- Ponce: Mercedita Airport
From San Juan, take PR-22 West to PR-129 for a trip that is a little over 2 hours long.
From Aguadilla, there are three separate routes available.
From Ponce, take PR-10 to PR-135 to PR-129 for a ride that is about an hour and 10 minutes long.
Get around[edit]
A word of caution: if driving you are sharing the road with trucks, and locals. The mountain roads have steep descents and ascents, hairpin turns, and steep cliff drops are not always protected by railing. The roads may look like one-lane highways but are made to handle two-lane traffic.
- 18.296008-66.8814071 Lares Pueblo (downtown Lares).
See the historic Roman Catholic church, Spanish-style recreational plaza, and the municipal buildings surrounded by streets and shops.
You can drive around the pueblo or park your car and walk around the square and into the plaza. The Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza’s purpose was for celebrations and festivities. (updated Apr 2022) - 18.295541-66.8777242 Plaza de la Revolución. A famous hours-long battle took place on September 23, 1868 when a group of residents fought Spanish rulers. Walk in the Plaza de la Revolución and take a picture with the monument that celebrates El Grito de Lares. (updated Apr 2022)
- 18.30008-66.879593 Mirador Mariana Bracetti (Mariana Bracetti Lookout), PR-111 (Ave. Los Patriotas) (Coming from the north coast, take PR-2 towards Lares, then take PR-129 to PR-111 (Avenida Los Patriotas). At the intersection with the large, colorful letters that spell L-A-R-E-S take a right turn onto the road to the lookout.), ☏ +1 939-308-0799. (updated Apr 2022)
See the historic Roman Catholic church, Spanish-style recreational plaza, and the municipal buildings surrounded by streets and shops. 
At the intersection with the large, colorful letters that spell L-A-R-E-S take a right turn onto the road to the lookout.), ☏ +1 939-308-0799. (updated Apr 2022)- 18.23427-66.883731 Hacienda Lealtad, ☏ +1 787-897-8181. It was once one of the largest coffee plantations on the western side of the island. It is now a restored private estate / museum and a venue for special functions. Tours are available by reservation only. (updated Apr 2022)
- 18.29508-66.877491 Heladería El Grito, 6 Cll Vilella, Barrio Pueblo, ☏ +1 787-608-0274. M-Th 8AM-8PM, F-Su 8AM-9PM. Souvenires are available at this ice-cream shop. It is steps away from the original Heladería Lares, with its unusual ice-cream flavors, and directly in front of Plaza de la Revolución. Interesing ice-cream flavors are available and the corn-flavored ice-cream is a favorite. (updated Apr 2022)
Interesing ice-cream flavors are available and the corn-flavored ice-cream is a favorite. (updated Apr 2022)- 18.2766-66.896741 El Cepo Restaurante Mirador, Carretera 436, km 2.2, Barrio Espino, ☏ +1 939-235-6863, [email protected]. Th-Su noon-10PM. Popular restaurant with an extensive menu including octopus salad, churrasco, ribeye, shrimp, hamburgers, and chicken. Reservations are available but not needed. (updated Apr 2022)
- 18.29488-66.877352 Heladería Lares, 10 Cll Vilella, Barrio Pueblo, ☏ +1 787-378-4288. Ice cream parlor. Find rice and beans, garlic, avocado and corn flavored-ice cream, along with regular ice-cream flavors, of course. There are two such shops on the same street, but this one is the original, founded by Salvador Barreto Soto in 1968. (updated Apr 2022)
- 18.294827-66.8775443 Piragua, Lares Pueblo. Piragua is a refreshing shave ice flavored with fruit syrup. If you’re lucky, you can find a Piragua seller pushing his colorful cart with a variety of flavors, before he packs up for the day. (updated Apr 2022)
(updated Apr 2022)- 18.29374-66.878711 Hotel Libertad, 22 C. Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, ☏ +1 787-487-7815, [email protected]. Local hotel in the urban zone. (updated Apr 2022)
- 18.23427-66.883732 Hacienda Lealtad, ☏ +1 787-897-8181. Restored coffee plantation, private estate, museum, AirBnb, and a venue for special functions. Tours are available by reservation only. AirBnb reservations are available by “superhost” Jan. (updated Apr 2022)
Go next[edit]
- Aguadilla
- San Sebastián
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The Grito de Lares: The Rebellion of 1868 | In Search of a National Identity: Nineteeth and Early-Twentieth-Century Puerto Rico | Articles and Essays | Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives | Digital Collections
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Frustrated by the lack of political and economic freedom, and enraged by the continuing repression on the island, Puerto Rico’s pro-independence movement staged an armed rebellion in 1868. Known as the Grito de Lares (the “Cry of Lares”), the rebellion broke out on September 23, 1868. It was planned by a group led by Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances and Segundo Ruiz Belvis, who on January 6, 1868, founded the Comité Revolucionario de Puerto Rico (Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico) from their exile in the Dominican Republic.
Betances authored several proclamas, or statements, attacking the exploitation of the Puerto Ricans by the Spanish colonial system and called for immediate insurrection. The proclamas soon circulated throughout the island as local dissident groups began organizing. Secret cells of the Revolutionary Committee were established involving members from all sectors of society, including landowners, merchants, professionals, peasants, and slaves.
Although plans originally called for the insurrection to begin on September 29, their discovery by Spanish authorities forced the rebels to move the date up. They agreed to strike first at the town of Lares on September 23. On that day, some four to six hundred rebels gathered in the hacienda of Manuel Rojas, located in the vicinity of Pezuela, on the outskirts of Lares. Poorly trained and armed, the rebels reached the town by horse and foot around midnight. They looted local stores and offices owned by peninsulares and took over the city hall, proclaiming the new Republic of Puerto Rico.
Spanish merchants and local government authorities, considered by the rebels to be enemies of the fatherland, were taken prisoner. The following day, September 24, the republic was proclaimed under the presidency of Francisco Ramírez. All slaves who had joined the uprising were declared free citizens.
The rebel forces then departed from Lares to take over the next town, San Sebastián del Pepino. The Spanish militia, however, surprised the group with strong resistance and caused the rebels to retreat back to Lares under the leadership of Manuel Rojas. Upon an order from Governor Julián Pavía, the Spanish militia quickly rounded up the rebels and brought the insurrection to an end. Some 475 rebels were imprisoned, Manuel Rojas among them.
[Detail] Map of the island of Porto Rico. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
On November 17, a military court imposed the death penalty for treason and sedition on all prisoners. Nevertheless, in an effort to ameliorate the tense atmosphere on the island, the incoming governor, José Laureano Sanz, dictated a general amnesty early in 1869 and all prisoners were released.
The first formal account of the Grito de Lares was written by a Spanish resident of Puerto Rico, José Pérez Moris, with collaboration from Luis Cueto. It was published in 1872 as Historia de la Insurrección de Lares and appears in this online collection. Its main purpose was to present a strong case for the conservative cause on the island by showing that separatist forces were strong in Puerto Rico and thus a serious threat to the established order.
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| Morning | +22 +24 | Clear | +24 | 7 | 763 | 82 | 5.5 VVV | + 27 | 3. 2 in | |||||
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Hacienda Juanita
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Apartment Utuado
Utuado (18.6 miles from Museo de Lares)
Situated in Utuado in the Puerto Rico Central region, Utuado has a balcony and river views. This apartment is 44 km from Ponce.