Plaza Las Delicias
Public square in Ponce, Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Plaza Las Delicias | |
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Type | Municipal Plaza and Urban park |
Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Coordinates | 18°00′41.69″N 66°36′50.22″W |
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 |