{"id":2314,"date":"2023-04-12T07:25:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2023-04-12T07:25:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:25:56","slug":"a-private-tour-of-the-pr-governors-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/12\/a-private-tour-of-the-pr-governors-mansion\/","title":{"rendered":"A Private Tour of the PR Governor\u2019s Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob recently scored a private tour inside La Fortaleza, the Puerto Rico Governor\u2019s Mansion, which is located in a prominent spot at the edge of Old San Juan, with dazzling views of the Bay of San Juan. The oldest Executive Mansion in continuous use in the Western Hemisphere, La Fortaleza is the main residence and the office of the Governor of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Private Tour of the PR Governor\u2019s Mansion\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Flw_mRljJcY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name means \u201cThe Fortress,\u201d an apt title because La Fortaleza, along with the later fortifications of Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Castillo San Crist\u00f3bal, and San Juan de la Cruz (El Ca\u00f1uelo), along with a large portion of the original San Juan City Wall, was built to protect the city and the bay. La Fortaleza was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. It\u2019s also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Read all about its history and importance&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/266\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy the tour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortaleza.pr.gov\/\">Info\u00a0<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/hb1UtZMaqzo18yb77\">Map\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob recently scored a private tour inside La Fortaleza, the Puerto Rico Governor\u2019s Mansion, which is located in a prominent spot at the edge of Old San Juan, with dazzling views of the Bay of San Juan. The oldest Executive Mansion in continuous use in the Western Hemisphere, La Fortaleza is the main residence and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/12\/a-private-tour-of-the-pr-governors-mansion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Private Tour of the PR Governor\u2019s Mansion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[407,222,408,553,268,211],"tags":[410,551,27,313,552,266,9,276,261,262,507],"class_list":["post-2314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-lisa-blogger","category-museums","category-old-san-juan","category-puerto-rico","category-videos","tag-history","tag-lafortaleza","tag-messysuitcase","tag-oldsanjuan","tag-prgovernor","tag-puertorico","tag-retirement","tag-sanjuan","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-viejosanjuan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions\/2315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}