Ponce Historic Zone
Ponce Historic Zone
Zona Histórica de Ponce | |
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Historic district | |
Parque de Bombas, an iconic symbol of the Historic Zone | |
| Nickname: La Perla del Sur | |
| Motto: Ponce es Ponce | |
Map of the Historic Zone within the municipality of Ponce | |
| Coordinates: 18°00′41.6874″N 66°36′50.22″W / 18.011579833°N 66.6139500°W | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Ponce |
| Established | 1646 |
| Founded | 1692 |
| Designated Historic Zone | 1989 |
| Barrios | Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto, and Sexto |
The Ponce Historic Zone (Spanish: Zona Histórica de Ponce) is a historic district in downtown Ponce, Puerto Rico, consisting of buildings, plazas and structures with distinctive architectures such as Neoclásico Isabelino and the Ponce Creole, a local architectural style developed between the 19th- and early 20th-centuries. The zone goes by various names, including Traditional Ponce (Ponce Tradicional), Central Ponce (Ponce Centro), Historic Ponce (Ponce Histórico), and Ponce Historic District (Distrito Histórico de Ponce). Although not yet listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Ponce Historic Zone was added to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) on February 2, 1989.