Plaza Degetau

Plaza Degetau
{ Part of Plaza Las Delicias }
Formerly, Plaza Real (1818)[1][2]
and Plaza Mayor (1874)[3]
Plaza Degetau, one of two main plazas at Plaza Las Delicias
Plaza Degetau is located in Puerto Rico
Plaza Degetau
Plaza Degetau
TypePlaza, urban park
LocationPonce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°00′40.75″N 66°36′50.15″W / 18.0113194°N 66.6139306°W / 18.0113194; -66.6139306
Area6,400 square metres (69,000 sq ft)[4][5]
Created1670[6]
Operated byAutonomous Municipality of Ponce
VisitorsOver 200,000[7]
StatusOpened all year, 24 hours/day

Plaza Degetau, formally Plaza Federico Degetau, is the larger of two plazas at Plaza Las Delicias, the main city square in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The other plaza is named Plaza Muñoz Rivera and is located north of Plaza Degetau. The square is notable for its fountains and for the various monuments it contains. The historic Parque de Bombas and Ponce Cathedral buildings are located bordering the north side of this plaza. The square is the center of the Ponce Historic Zone, and it is flanked by the historic Ponce City Hall to the south, the cathedral and historic firehouse to the north, the NRHP-listed Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño and Banco de Ponce buildings to the east, and the Armstrong-Poventud Residence to the west. The square dates back to the early Spanish settlement in Ponce of 1670. It is the main tourist attraction of the city, receiving about a quarter of a million visitors per year.[8]

  1. ^ Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. Third edition. 1992. p.8.
  2. ^ Plaza Las Delicias. Ponce > Ciudad Señorial > Atracciones Turisticas. Official Website of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Archived 2011-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  3. ^ Eduardo Questell Rodríguez. Historia de la Comunidad Bélgica de Ponce: A partir de la Hacienda Muñiz y Otros Datos. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Mariana Editores. 2018. p.22.
  4. ^ Socorro Girón. "Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de La Almudaina." Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. p.463. (Citing: Ramón Marín. "La Villa de Ponce considerada en tres distintas épocas: Estudio histórico, descriptivo y estadístico hasta fines del año 1876." [Ponce, Puerto Rico: Establecimiento tipográfico "El Vapor". 1877.] p.42)
  5. ^ Francisco Lluch Mora. Origenes y Fundación de Ponce. San Juan, PR: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Segunda Edición. 2006. p. 77. (Citing: Ramón Morel Campos. Guia Local de Comercio de la Ciudad de Ponce. s.l. [sin localidad], s.e. [sin edición], 1975, p. 21.)
  6. ^ Caminata Guiada: Centro Histórico de Ponce. Archived 2010-03-16 at WebCite
  7. ^ Based on the documented number of visitors at the nearby Serralles Castle (See).
  8. ^ Based on the documented number of visitors at the nearby Serralles Castle (See).