Majestic El Morrow Castle in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
This postcard is the length of two regular cards, It has a crease in the center where you are supposed to fold it to mail it. (this card was never folded)
postmarked from San Juan in Feb 2007
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Lying on the northwestern-most point of the islet of Old San Juan, Castillo San Felipe del Morro is named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. The fortification, also referred to as el Morro or 'the promontory,' was designed to guard the entrance to the San Juan Bay, and defend the Spanish colonial port city of San Juan from seaborne enemies.
In 1983, the el Castillo was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in conjunction with the San Juan National Historic Site. Over two million visitors a year explore the castillo, making it one of Puerto Rico's leading tourist attractions.
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