The Parque de Bombas is a historic former fire station in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is one of Puerto Rico's most notable buildings, with some considering it "by far the most easily recognized landmark in the Island."
Old Parque de Bombas firehouse building
Parque de Bombas in August 1977
Front view of the firehouse
Parque de Bombas, photo of 1920
Plaza Las Delicias is the main plaza in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The square is notable for its fountains and for the various monuments it contains. The historic Parque de Bombas and Ponce Cathedral buildings are located within the plaza, which actually consists of two squares: Plaza Muñoz Rivera on the north end, and Plaza Degetau on the southern end. The square is the center of the Ponce Historic Zone, and it is flanked by the historic Ponce City Hall to the south, the early 19th-century Teatro Fox Delicias to the north, the NRHP-listed Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño and Banco de Ponce buildings to the east, and the Armstrong-Poventud Residence to the west. The square dates back to the early Spanish settlement in Ponce of 1670. It is the main tourist attraction of the city, receiving about a quarter of a million visitors per year.
Plaza Degetau, one of two main plazas at Plaza Las Delicias
Diagram of Plaza Las Delicias. The upper (north/red) section is the Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera while the lower (south/blue) section is the Plaza Federico Degetau. Legend: 1. Cathedral Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe 2. Parque de Bombas 3. Lions Fountain 4. Statue of Luis Muñoz Rivera 5. Statue of Juan Morel Campos 6. Statue of Domingo Cruz "Cocolia" 7. Obelisk to "El Polvorin" Firemen 8. Statue of Blind Justice 9. Statue of woman with children, "Añoranzas"
The Statue of Luis Muñoz Rivera is the centerpiece of Plaza Muñoz Rivera
The Lions Fountain on Plaza Degetau