Early one morning of our stay, I headed out toward Castillo San Felipe del Morro for some fresh air and to see the fortification without the hordes of other tourists. This fort was built in the late 1500s to guard San Juan Bay. It was a perfect morning for exploring this area – not a cloud in the sky and the heat of the day ahead hadn’t yet arrived. One of the first striking features is the lighthouse, a recent addition to the fort in the early 1900s
Walking away from the fort, you next encounter the Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery. This cemetery, dating back to the early 1860s is perched high above the Atlantic Ocean. There are about a thousand graves located here:
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