Official residence and office of the governor of Puerto Rico
For the album by Francisca Valenzuela, see La Fortaleza (album). For the 2020 film, see La Fortaleza (film). For the Club Atlético Lanús stadium, see Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez.
La Fortaleza
Palacio de Santa Catalina
Front and back view of La Fortaleza within the Walls of Old San Juan and above Paseo de la Princesa
Battle of San Juan (1595) Battle of San Juan (1598) Battle of San Juan (1625) Battle of San Juan (1797) Bombardment of San Juan (1898)
Website
www.fortaleza.pr.gov
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type
Cultural
Criteria
vi
Designated
1983 (7th session)
Part of
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
Reference no.
266
Region
The Americas
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Official name
La Fortaleza
Designated
October 9, 1960[1]
Reference no.
66000951
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Official name
La Fortaleza
Designated
October 15, 1966[2]
La Fortaleza (English: The Fortress), also known as Palacio de Santa Catalina[3] (Saint Catherine's Palace), has been the official residence of the governor of Puerto Rico since the 16th century, making it the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the New World. Built between 1533 and 1540 by orders of Charles I of Spain, the structure was the first fortification constructed by the Spanish on San Juan Islet to defend San Juan Bay, the harbor of Old San Juan. La fortaleza, alongside El Morro, San Cristóbal, El Cañuelo, and other forts part of the Walls of Old San Juan, protected strategically and militarily important Puerto Rico, or La Llave de las Indias (The Key to the Indies),[4] from invasion by competing world powers and harassment by privateers and pirates during the Age of Sail.[5] It was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1983 as part of La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site.
Calle de la Fortaleza leading to the palace, often seen with a canopy of multicolored umbrellas or in the shape of the flag of Puerto Rico, La Monoestrellada
^"La Fortaleza". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^Rivero Méndez, Ángel (2 September 2019). "Crónica de la guerra hispano-americana en Puerto Rico". Wikisource (in Spanish). p. 23. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ "Justificación para una historia militar de Puerto Rico" (PDF). Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia (in Spanish). April 4, 2023. pp. 250–51. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^"LA FORTALEZA, OFICINA DEL GOBERNADOR". fortaleza.pr.gov (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
LaFortaleza (English: The Fortress), also known as Palacio de Santa Catalina (Saint Catherine's Palace), has been the official residence of the governor...
Ozama River. Named after this river, the castle, also referred to as "LaFortaleza" or "The Fortress". It was declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site...
San Juan). Several historical buildings and structures, particularly LaFortaleza, the city walls, and El Morro and San Cristóbal castles, have been inscribed...
oldest in the New World. This national historic site, together with LaFortaleza, have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. The fortification...
LaFortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of...
Santiago. On January 17, 2020, Valenzuela released her fourth studio album, LaFortaleza. A week before she released the fourth single of the album, "Flotando"...
LaFortaleza (Spanish for "The Fortress") was a major professional wrestling produced and scripted held by the Mexican Lucha libre promotion International...
opened in 2045. La Princesa prison building also houses a small art exhibition and often hosts cultural events. View of LaFortaleza and La Concepción Bastion...
Party revolts. Amongst the uprising's main objectives were an attack on LaFortaleza (the governor's mansion in San Juan), and the U.S. Federal Court House...
and the smaller—Menorca, Ibiza–Formentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma—one each. Ceuta and Melilla elect two seats each....
entry to San Juan Bay, the harbor of Old San Juan. El Morro, alongside LaFortaleza, San Cristóbal, El Cañuelo, and other forts part of the Walls of Old...
Caribbean. These walls, along with the defensive fortresses in Old San Juan (LaFortaleza, El Morro and San Cristóbal), form part of the UNESCO World Heritage...
The Fortaleza del Cerro, also known as Fortaleza General Artigas, is a fortress situated in Montevideo, Uruguay overlooking the Bay of Montevideo. It belongs...
The Fortaleza San Felipe is a historic Spanish fortress located in the north of the Dominican Republic in the province of Puerto Plata. Also known as...
from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2022. "LaFortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived...
Catalina, also known as LaFortaleza, acted as the primary defenses of the settlement which was subjected to numerous attacks. LaFortaleza continues to serve...
storm. After her husband was defeated in his bid for another term in LaFortaleza, Mayoral Wirshing returned to college to finish her degree. She received...
Global Information
