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13 unusual facts about Rio Piedras


A Quien Pueda Interesar

"Septiembre, Río Piedras" is derived from several political and ideological struggles that occurred in the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras where civilians were the subject of abuse and attacks by the police.

Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico

The Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico —or Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico (SEPR) in Spanish — is a mainline Protestant seminary in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico that offers graduate studies conducive to either a Master of Divinity or a Master of Arts in Religion.

Hally Wood

In '79-80 brought out a self-produced album "Songs to Live By" in Houston, and was beginning work on another in the mid-80s but was diagnosed with cancer; from late '50s thru early '70s lived in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico; did some work there helping produce concerts & other things this informant not familiar with.

Héctor Villanueva

Héctor Villanueva Balasquide (born October 2, 1964 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico), is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1990 to 1993.

José Oquendo

José Manuel Roberto Guillermo Oquendo Contreras (born July 4, 1963 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball infielder and the current third base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Kenia Arias

Kenia Arias was born in Río Piedras, a district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, to hardworking Puerto Rican and Dominican immigrant parents Jaime Arias and Mercedes E. Hernandez.

Luiggy Llanos

Luiggy Llanos Cruz (born August 22, 1978 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a male decathlete from Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Highway 18

PR-18 is a freeway in Puerto Rico, which is also known as Expreso Las Américas. It runs from its north end in at its intersection with PR-22 (known as Expreso de Diego) in San Juan to its south end in Río Piedras where it intersects with PR-1.

Puerto Rico Highway 47

Puerto Rico Highway 47, also known as Calle de Diego, is an urban road in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Begins in the PR-3 (Avenida 65 de Infantería) and ends at the center of Río Piedras, in the Paseo de Diego (commercial area in downtown Río Piedras).

Puerto Rico Highway 52

It runs from PR-1 in southwest Río Piedras and heads south until it intersects with highway PR-2 in Ponce.

Rafael Ithier

Raised in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, he showed a passion for music at a very young age.

Rey Sánchez

Rey Francisco Guadalupe Sánchez (born October 5, 1967 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball infielder.


Liana Fiol Matta

Liana Fiol Matta (born 1946) in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico is a Puerto Rican jurist currently serving as an Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s

#Olga Viscal Garriga - Student leader and spokesperson of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party's branch in Rio Piedras.

Rafael Carmoega

As a private architect he produced the designs for the residences of Secundino Lozana (El Cortijo) in Barranquitas and Dionisio Trigo in Santurce, the General Electric store in San Juan, Colegio San José in Río Piedras and the Casino de Puerto Rico in El Condado.

San Juan Nationalist revolt

On November 2, 1950, the police arrived at Francisco Matos Paoli's home in Río Piedras and searched for guns and explosives, however the only thing they found was a Puerto Rican flag.