PONCE, PEARL OF THE SOUTH
LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE IN PONCE
PONCE: PEARL OF THE SOUTH
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The region of what is now Ponce belonged to the TaÃno GuaynÃa region. Agueybaná the cacique who led the region, was among those who greeted Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León in 1508.
1600 S
On 17 September 1692, the King of Spain, Carlos II issued a Royal Permit officially recognizing the small settlement as a hamlet.
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In 1712 the village was chartered as El Poblado de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Ponce (The Village of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Ponce).
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On 29 July 1848, the Ponce hamlet was declared a Village by Queen Isabel II and in 1877 the village obtained its city charter.
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