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Father Diego de Torres Vargas was a priest from Puerto Rico. It is not known exactly when he was born, but it is believed to be either during the late 16th or early 17th century in San Juan. He is considered to be the first Puerto Rican to write a book about the history of Puerto Rico. Roman Catholic priests in traditional clerical clothing. ...
(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...
(16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
San Juan from outer space, July 1997 Flag Seal Nickname: The Walled City Location Location within the island of Puerto Rico Government Country Puerto Rico Mayor Jorge A. Santini Padilla (PNP) Geographical characteristics Area City 199. ...
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 Father Diego de Torres Vargas Torres Vargas studied and graduated from the University of Salamanca in Spain and returned to Puerto Rico where he was ordained a priest. He held many important positions in the Cathederal and in the Bishop's house in San Juan. Image File history File links Diego_de_Torres_Vargas. ...
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The University of Salamanca (Spanish Universidad de Salamanca), located in the town of Salamanca, west-northwest of Madrid, is the second oldest university in Spain (the first one is the university of Palencia, now disappeared), and one of the oldest in Europe. ...
In 1647 he wrote "Descripción de la Ciudad e Isla de Puerto Rico" ("Description of the Island and City of Puerto Rico") - the book contained a detailed geographic decription of the island including a survey of all fruits, commerce, mines, churches, and hospitals, notices on the State and Capital and an extensive and erudite bibliography. This is considered to be the first attempt at writing an organized history of Puerto Rico. // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ...
On March 8, 1948 the city government of San Juan officially adopted as the city's first flag an orange field, in the center of which is the Coat of Arms of the City. The orange color was based and taken from Father Diego de Torres Vargas' text and it reads : "Escudo de armas dado a Puerto Rico por los Reyes Católicos en el año de 1511, siendo Procurador un vecino llamado Pedro Moreno. Son : un cordero blanco con su banderilla colorada, sobre un libro, y todo sobre una isla verde, que es la de Puerto Rico, y por los lados una F y una I, que quiere decir Fernando e Isabel, los Reyes Católicos que se las dieron, y hoy se conservan en el estandarte real, que es de damasco anaranjado, con que se ganó la ciudad" ("Coat of Arms given to Puerto Rico by the Catholic Kings in the year 1511 being Procurator a neighbor named Pedro Moreno. They are: a white lamb with its red flag, on top of a book, and everything above a green island, which is Puerto Rico...which is an orange damask, with which the city was won"). It appears that this orange was changed to white at some point. Seal of the City of San Juan File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Seal of the City of San Juan File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
See also
list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...
The Coat of Arms of Puerto Rico were first granted by the Spanish Crown in 1511, and are the oldest arms still used in the New World. ...
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