The Cathedral of San Juan Bautista is a cathedral in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ... Main article: San Juan, Puerto Rico Map of Old San Juan. ...
The cathedral is one of the oldest buildings in San Juan; construction on it began in the 1520s. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ...
The cathedral contains the tomb of the Spanish explorer and settlement founder Juan Ponce de León. A tomb is a small building (or vault) for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. ... Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León (c. ...
SanJuan’s port gained increasing importance during the 18th and 19th cents.
Other SanJuan landmarks include San José Church (founded c.1523), the oldest church in continuous use in the Western Hemisphere; Casa Blanca (1523); and the Cathedral of SanJuanBautista, which contains the tomb of Ponce de León.
Also in the city are the Univ. of P.R. and its School of Tropical Medicine, the Col. of the Sacred Heart, and a campus of the InterAmer.
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