Catedral de San Juan
The San Juan Cathedral is one of the oldest
structures in the city, and the second oldest cathedral in the
Western Hemisphere, with the construction starting in 1521 and
would be finished in 1540; and houses the marble tomb of the
famed Spanish explorer and settlement founder, Juan Ponce de
Leon. There is a lovely trompe l'oeil
painting that lines the interior of the dome in the church that
makes it look bigger than it really is, although the beauty of
it seems to overpower the illusion that is created. The
original thatched hut constructed in 1521 would be blown away
during one of the island's severe storms, but it was replaced in
1540 with the current cathedral that is considered one of the
finest churches in the islands.
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