The Old Wall of San Juan is a photograph by Sandra Pena de Ortiz which was uploaded on February 1st, 2013.
The Old Wall of San Juan
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The Old Wall of San Juan
Artist
Sandra Pena de Ortiz
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Photograph - Photography
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Perspective photograph taken lying on the wall of the city of Old San Juan in the Island of Puerto Rico. The intention of the artist is to show the magnificence of the high and long wall which goes runs up the Norzagaray street in the city. More specifically, the city wall stretches or about 650 yards 600 along the rocky coast of the Atlantic Ocean immediately east of the Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery and down up the slope north of the Norzagaray street. Thus, the photograph was taken from the perspective of going upward the hill of Norzagaray. The foreground is the photograph will the background is seen in blur. Note the transit bus in the background of the image, specifically toward the top right. The bus was just passing by a curve the street of Norzagaray. "El Viejo San Juan" (Old San Juan) is a nearly 500 years old city built by the Spaniards, during the times Spanish colonization of the Island of Puerto Rico. Thus, the city is full Spanish colonial history blended with contemporary Puerto Rican culture. Old San Juan City was completed walled in 1650, but minor work continued until 1678. Today, the city is known as "La Ciudad Amurallada" (the walled city) and is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean and is the second oldest European-founded city in the Americas: founded in 1521 by Juan Ponce de Leon. The "garitas" are Puerto Rico's official symbol and appears on just about everything official. They are overhanging, wall-mounted turrets projecting from the walls of medieval fortifications from the early 14th century up to the 16th century. These garitas, known in English as guerites or bartizans, are most frequently found wall corners, thus none was captured in this image, which intends to portray the grandiosity of the wall. However, it is important to mention that the garitas protected warders and enabled them to see around him.The city walls of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico are dotted with "garitas", small, circular sentry posts or boxes. The garitas provided protection for guards who watched over the city. Their long, narrow openings made it difficult for enemy gunfire to hit the targets inside. Actually, the posts are so short and compact that they can usually only accommodate soldiers no more than 5 feet tall. The garita has become a national symbol to Puerto Rico.
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