Río Piedras is a populous district of San Juan, and former town and municipality of Puerto Rico, which was merged with the municipality of San Juan in 1951. The district today is composed of various barrios such as Pueblo and Universidad. The historic town was founded in 1714 as El Roble, it was given municipality rights in 1823, and since 1903 it has been the home of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus, earning the popular name of Ciudad Universitaria today. The downtown and historic center of Río Piedras is officially known as the Pueblo barrio of the municipality of San Juan.
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus with its clock tower, the Roosevelt Tower
Site of the first University of Puerto Rico building in Río Piedras, 1900–1917
Paseo de Diego on inauguration day in 1981
Plaza de Diego Mall in 1984
Pueblo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Río Piedras Pueblo, is one of 18 barrios in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras Pueblo is what used to be the urban center-barrio of the former municipality of Río Piedras until 1951, when the municipality of Rio Piedras was merged with the municipality of San Juan.
Plaza La Convalecencia in the main town square.
Cityscape of downtown Rio Piedras (Pueblo).
Old city hall of Río Piedras on Juan Ponce de Leon Ave.
Church of Our Lady of the Pillar today.
