This beautiful Puerto Rican core country flag has above it the Museo de Ponce, Serralles Castle (Mansion), Parque de Bombas and Cruceta del Vigia cross just to name some points of interest in Ponce.
A little history:
Cruceta del Vigia is a 100 feet tall cross located atop Vigia Hill in Ponce, across from Museo Castillo Serralles. It houses a tourist center at its base, a ten-story vertical tower, and a horizontal sky bridge that has panoramic views of the city and the Caribbean Sea. Visitors can reach the skybridge via glass elevators or a staircase. Made of reinforced concrete, the cross has withstood various natural disasters. The arms of the cross measure 70 feet. It was inaugurated in 1984. Owned by the Town of Ponce and is currently operated by the "Patronato de Ponce", a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and administrating several of the city's landmarks.
Museo de Ponce-Museum
Museo de arte de Ponce is an art museum that houses a collection of European art as well as works by Puerto Rican artists. The museum contains one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Western Hemisphere holding some 4,500 pieces of art distributed among fourteen galleries.
Museo de Arte de Ponce is the finest art museum in Puerto Rico. The largest art museum in the Caribbean, it has also been called one of the best in the Americas. It was the first museum in Puerto Rico accredited by the American Aliance of Museums.
It was founded in 1959 by industrialist and philantropist Luis A. Ferre at a location in the Ponce Historic Zone. Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was Governor of Puerto Rico, serving from 1969 to 1973.
Seralles Castle
Castillo Serrallés is a mansion located in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, overlooking the downtown area. It was built during the 1930s for Juan Eugenio Serrallés, son of businessman Juan Serrallés, founder of Destilería Serrallés in Cataño. The structure sits on a 2.5-acre exceedingly manicured property. Seralles Castle was built by the famous Seralles family—who made their fortune in sugarcane and eventually created the largest rum distillery in Ponce.
