Plaza Las Delicias

Plaza Las Delicias
Plaza Degetau, one of two main plazas at Plaza Las Delicias
Plaza Las Delicias
Type	Municipal Plaza and Urban park
Location	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates	18°00′41.69″N 66°36′50.22″W / 18.0115806°N 66.6139500°W / 18.0115806; -66.6139500
Area	2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Created	1670[1]
Operated by	Autonomous Municipality of Ponce
Visitors	over 200,000[2]
Status	Opened all year, 24 hours/day

Plaza Las Delicias is the main plaza in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. 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 within the plaza, which actually consists of two squares: Plaza Muñoz Rivera on the north end, and Plaza Degetau on the southern end. The square is the center of the Ponce Historic Zone, and it is flanked by the historic Ponce City Hall to the south, the early 19th-century Teatro Fox Delicias 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.