Old San Juan
Viejo San Juan | |
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Historic district | |
Nickname: La Ciudad Amurallada (The Walled City) | |
Coordinates: 18°27′59″N 66°6′37″W / 18.46639°N 66.11028°W | |
Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
Municipality | San Juan |
Established | 1521[1] |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST (no daylight saving time)) |
ZIP codes | 00901-02 |
Area code | 787, 939 |
Subbarrios (sub-wards) | Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, Puerta de Tierra, San Cristóbal, San Francisco |
Website | www |
Official name | La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | vi |
Designated | 1983 (7th session) |
Reference no. | 266 |
Region | The Americas |
Official name | Zona Histórica de San Juan |
Designated | October 10, 1972 |
Reference no. | 72001553[2][3] |
Location | NW triangle of the islet of San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Governing body | State |
Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle"[4] of the islet of San Juan in San Juan. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios (sub-districts) of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Old San Juan is the oldest settlement within Puerto Rico and the historic colonial district of the city of San Juan. This historic district is a Puerto Rico Registered Historic Zone and a National Historic Landmark District named Zona Histórica de San Juan and is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places as the Old San Juan Historic District (Spanish: Distrito Histórico del Viejo San Juan).[3][5] Several historical buildings and structures, particularly La Fortaleza, the city walls, and El Morro and San Cristóbal castles, have been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list since 1983.[6] Historically the mixed-use commercial and residential real estate in the main streets of Calle Cristo and Calle Fortaleza from Calle Tanca to the Governor’s Mansion is the most valuable in the area and it has kept its value and increased steadily through several years despite the past economic turmoils.