Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery at Old San Juan
by Sandra Pena de Ortiz
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Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery at Old San Juan
Artist
Sandra Pena de Ortiz
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Photograph - Photography
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A photograph taken of the Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery during a pleasant afternoon with at the city of Old San Juan. This photograph was taken with a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG Macro Tele Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Cameras, specifically using my Canon DSLR camera. The Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, next to Fort San Felipe del Morro. Fort San Felipe del Morro, which is a 16th-century citadel located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The San Juan National Historic Site includes "El Castillo San Felipe del Morro" seen here with one of its small "garitas". The location of the cemetery, boarding the Atlantic ocean, is symbolic of Puerto Rican cultural belief of separation of life and death. That is why the cemetery is, outside the wall that protects the Old City and next to the ocean, which represents death. The Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents including Ricardo Alegria, father of modern Puerto Rican archaeology, Jose Celso Barbosa, founder of the Puerto Rican statehood movement, Salvador Brau, journalist, poet and historian, Pedro Albizu Campos, nationalist leader and politician, Tony Croatto, Italian-Puerto Rican folk singer, composer and television presenter, Jose Ferrer, Academy Award-winning actor and director, among others. 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 (meaning the promontory), guarded the entrance to the San Juan Bay and was used to 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. More than two million visitors come yearly to explore the windswept ramparts and passageways making the castillo one of Puerto Rico's main visitor attractions.
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September 6th, 2013
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