Cruceta del Vigía
Tall cross located atop Cerro del Vigía in Ponce, Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cruceta del Vigía (English: The Watchman Cross) is a 100 feet (30 m) tall cross located atop Cerro del Vigía in Ponce, Puerto Rico, across from Museo Castillo Serrallés. 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 of Ponce 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, including three major hurricanes. The arms of the cross measure 70 feet. It was inaugurated in 1984.[4]
Cruceta del Vigía | |
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General information | |
Status | Open |
Type | Monument |
Architectural style | Modern arch style |
Location | Barrio Portugues Urbano |
Address | Cerro del Vigía |
Town or city | Ponce |
Country | Puerto Rico |
Coordinates | 18°01′08.35″N 66°37′12.66″W |
Current tenants | Patronato de Ponce |
Groundbreaking | 1983 |
Construction started | 1983 |
Completed | 1984 |
Opened | 1984 |
Inaugurated | 1984 |
Cost | $650,000[1] |
Client | Municipality of Ponce |
Owner | Autonomous Municipality of Ponce |
Height | |
Tip | 110 feet (34 m) |
Dimensions | |
Other dimensions | 70 feet (21 m) across |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Steel and Reinforced concrete |
Floor count | 10 |
Lifts/elevators | One |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ruben Colondres[2] |
Architecture firm | Colondres & Laboy[2] |
Structural engineer | Jose L. Irizarry[2][3] |
Services engineer | Ramon Montero[2] |
Civil engineer | Axel Bonilla[2] |
Quantity surveyor | Jose Raul Vazquez-Geli[2] |
Main contractor | Venegas Construction Corp.[2] |
Other information | |
Parking | Lighted Lot |
Website | |
http://www.castilloserralles.org/ |
One of many landmarks of the city of Ponce, the cross is owned by the Municipality of Ponce and is currently operated by the "Patronato de Ponce", a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the city's cultural heritage.[5][lower-alpha 1] It is visited annually by some 100,000 tourists.[6]