Keywords
Architecture
colonial-San Juan (Puerto Rico)
City planning-history-Puerto Rico-sources
Historical archives
World Heritage List (UNESCO)-San Juan (Puerto Rico)
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Abstract
The discovery at the General Military Archives in Madrid, Spain, of a vast collection of historical documents related to the history of Puerto Rico originated various projects that constitute the narrative for this article. Among them, the book "Documentation of Puerto Rico" at the General Military Archives, published by the Spain Ministry of Defense; the same as the permanent Exhibiion: "San Juan the City that Grew beyond its Walls" in San Cristóbal Castle at San Juan, Puerto Rico; together with the publication of the Catalogue under the same title, both sponsored by the United States National Park Service. Each one of these projects were carried out individually, at same time remained faithful to the original idea spouted as result of the 1998 discovery at the General Military Archives in Spain: the rescue of documentation of Puerto Rico at the Spanish Archives. Without any doubt, the contribution of each one of those projects has reaffirmed the incalculable value not only of the new sources but of the deed for their rescue itself. To inform about this projects as samples could lead to similar projects on Documentary Recovery of the American Fortifications is the seed wanted to be shared through this lecture.Apuntes is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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