Ingenio Azucarero Vives, Guayama

Name: Ingenio Azucarero Vives
Address: Guayama, Puerto Rico

#3 among attractions in Guayama

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The Ingenio Azucarero Vives, also known as Hacienda Vives, is a historic sugar mill complex with ruins of windmill and a processing building, in Barrio Machete of Guayama, in southern Puerto Rico. Sugarcane was ground by the windmill and the extracted juice was further processed in the processing building, by slaves. A slave uprising occurred here in the early 1800s. ()

Coordinates: 17°58'39"N, 66°6'59"W

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Guayama Puerto Rico

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Ingenio Azucarero Vives – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua, Casa Cautiño, Punta de las Figuras Light, Aguirre State Forest.

0.6 miN
Church
Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua, Guayama
15 min walk • The Iglesia Parroquial de San Antonio de Padua is a historic, Roman Catholic parish church in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The parish was erected in 1736 and the first church building completed no later than 1775. The original appearance of the building is unknown, but some of the eighteenth century walls may survive in the present structure.
0.6 miN
Architecture, Fountain, History museum
Casa Cautiño, Guayama
16 min walk • Casa Cautiño is a house museum in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The museum collection, administered by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, include works of art, wood carvings, sculptures and furniture built by Puerto Rican cabinetmakers for the Cautiño family. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
4.8 miE
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Punta de las Figuras Light
122 min walk • Punta de las Figuras Light is an historic lighthouse located in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. It was first lit by the Spanish government in 1893. The light was relocated in 1938, and the structure was deactivated and abandoned. During World War II, the lighthouse was used as a lookout. After the U.S.
4.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Aguirre State Forest
107 min walk • The Aguirre State Forest is a 2,393-acre nature reserve on the south coast of Puerto Rico and one of the commonwealth's 20 state forests. It mainly consists of mangroves and floodplain forests, and it borders the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Aguirre State Forest is owned and administered by Puerto Rico.
1.7 miN
Bridge
Cayey Bridge, Guayama
45 min walk • The Cayey Bridge, also known as Puente de Cayey, is an iron lateral lattice girder bridge in Puerto Rico that was built in 1891. It brings Puerto Rico Highway 15 over the Guamaní River.