The Old Navy Arsenal in La Puntilla - San Juan (Old San Juan) - 2012 00045

Description

Close-up of the frieze of the main facade of the old Arsenal of the Spanish Navy in La Puntilla neighborhood in Old San Juan. The building, which was built in 1800, is representative of the Neoclassical architectural style. It is part of a gray and white entablature that has a high-relief frieze in the metope with the image of a woman in white, which alludes to the zodiac signs. Later on, the old Arsenal of the Spanish Navy was used for exhibitions and as administrative offices of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture.

Origin Name	Arsenal de La Marina en La Puntilla - San Juan (Viejo San Juan) - 2012 00045
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > San Juan - Viejo San Juan (PRHBDS) > Arsenal de La Marina en La Puntilla - San Juan (Viejo San Juan)
Geographical Coverage	San Juan
Date	2012
Descriptive Notes	Original title and provenance name were assigned by the Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage Archive (PRAHA). The general description contains information collected from the official Facebook page of the Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society.
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: System of Walls, Defense Lines and Castles Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries
Architectural Subject	Capital cities Military buildings Entablatures Friezes (entablature components) Zodiac symbols High reliefs (sculpture) Metopes
Decolonial Subject	Military Control
Rights	The PRAHA does not own the rights to this resource. The user must contact the repository or archive that holds the physical document to determine the restrictions that may apply under the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law or by agreements agreed with donors.
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image