aug 8, 1508 - Caparra (Pueblo Viejo,) First Spanish Settlement

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Founded by Juan Ponce de León, a lieutenant under Columbus, who later became the first governor of the island. The following year the settlement was abandoned in favor of a nearby islet on the coast, named Borinquen, which had a suitable harbor. That islet is now known as Old San Juan.

Now known as Pueblo Viejo.

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