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About San Juan National Historic Site:

San Juan National Historic Site includes forts San Cristóbal, San Felipe del Morro, and San Juan de la Cruz also called El Cañuelo, plus bastions, powder houses, and three fourths of the city wall. All these defensive fortifications surround the old, colonial portion of San Juan, Puerto Rico. El Cañuelo Fort is located at Isla de Cabras at the western end of the entrance to the San Juan Bay. These magnificent historic forts were built by Spanish troops beginning in 1539 with a tower at El Morro and La Fortaleza and took more that 250 years. Most of the walls we see today were added later in a period of tremendous construction from the 1760's -1780's.

http://www.nps.gov/saju

San Juan National Historic Site and the World Heritage Alliance for Sustainable Tourism:

San Juan National Historic Site is a Associate Partner of the World Heritage Alliance and is committed to promoting and preserving World Heritage sites through sustainable tourism by:

Implementing the World Heritage Alliance principles
Participating in staff training programs
Educating customers about World Heritage
Supporting community development around World Heritage sites
Engaging employees to support the local community
Supporting the United Nations in its efforts