in 16 days, i'll be on a walking tour of old san juan!
September 20th 2006 ...starting at San Juan Gate!
Built around 1635, just north of La Fortaleza, several blocks downhill from the cathedral, was the main point of entry into San Juan if you arrived by ship in the 17th and 18th centuries. The gate is the only one remaining of the several that once pierced the fortifications of the old walled city. For centuries it was closed at sundown to cut off access to the hist
... read more