The Former La Princesa Prison - San Juan (Old San Juan) - 2012 00041

Description

View of an open space on the roof of the Former La Princesa Prison building. On the far right side are visible shutter-type windows. The floor is tiled, and the space has two spotlights. There is a streetlight on the wall on the left side. Trees and the Convento y Casa de Salud de las Siervas de María can also be seen in the background. Later on, the prison building became known as the Puerto Rico Tourism Company building.

Origin Name	Antigua Cárcel La Princesa - San Juan (Viejo San Juan) - 2012 00041
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > San Juan - Viejo San Juan (PRHBDS) > American Colonial Bank - 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	Old San Juan and it's Periphery: Old San Juan Tourism in Puerto Rico: Tourist Spaces
Architectural Subject	Trees (woody plants) Flat arches Semicircular arches Tourist centers Urban areas Paving stone Capital cities Convents (built complexes) Christianity Latin crosses (crosses) Streets lightning luminaries Neoclassical Persienne Prisons (buildings) Historical sites
Decolonial Subject	Tourist Economy
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