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サンフアン (プエルトリコ) / アメリカ合衆国

サン・フアン(San Juan)は、アメリカ合衆国プエルトリコ島の北東部に位置する市。プエルトリコ自治連邦区の政庁所在地であり、最大の港湾都市。人口は433,733人(2004年推計)で全米42位である。郊外の諸都市を含めた都市圏では人口約130万人を数える。これは島の人口の約1/3にあたる。2014年現在のサンフアン市長はカルメン・ユーリン・クルス。 貿易・観光両面において重要な港湾を持つサン・フアンは島の産業・経済の中心である。また、長い歴史とビーチを持ち、文化の中心・観光の拠点として担う役割も大きい。サン・フアンはスペイン語で「聖ヨハネ」を意味する。

Ateneo Puertorriqueño

サンフアン (プエルトリコ) / アメリカ合衆国

The Ateneo Puertorriqueño , is a cultural institution in Puerto Rico. Founded on April 30, 1876, it has been called Puerto Rico's oldest cultural institution, however, it is actually its third oldest overall and second culturally, after the Bar Association of Puerto Rico and the Casino of Mayagüez.One of its founders was the playwright, Alejandro Tapia y Rivera. The Athenaeum was the first to give accolades and awards to artists and writers such as José Gautier Benítez, José de Diego, Manuel María Sama, Francisco Oller, Manuel Fernández Juncos, Lola Rodríguez de Tió and Luis Lloréns Torres.Nilita Vientós Gastón became its first female president in 1946 and was the incumbent until 1961. In 1976 the Athenaeum celebrated its centennial with Eladio Rodríguez Otero at the helm as president, who gave a speech in presence of the then governor Rafael Hernández Colón, Hiram Torres Rigual, in representation of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, and former governor Luis A. Ferré. To commemorate the event, the Athenaeum also commissioned a medal to be awarded to those who represent "the highest national values expressed through [Puerto Rican] culture." The Centennial Medal of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum was most recently awarded to the musical salsa group El Gran Combo.The Athenaeum serves as a museum, school, library, and performance hall for the arts in Puerto Rico. It hosts a number of contests, conferences, and exhibits each year, presenting Puerto Rican art, literature, and music. Since 1937 the use of the spaces of the Athenaeum has been limited to activities it sponsors. Its headquarters are located in Puerta de Tierra, adjacent to Old San Juan, in a strip that also houses the "Casa de España", the Carnegie Library, the Capitol complex and the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee headquarters.