Cache Series: The San Blas Half Marathon Route
Stop 3 – The Town
Right next to Avenida Héroes, into the José Ignacio Quintón
Street, they get to town passing by the public square Luis Muñoz
Marín, where they can see the San Blas Illescas Catholic Church.
Its construction started in the year 1661. On November 18, 1867, it
was seriously damaged due to an earthquake. Immediately after the
old church, there are three very important buildings. First of all,
Museo Histórico de Coamo (a museum), a two floor Neo Classic
construction with an atrium, brick walls and ceilings supported by
rope beams. Right next to it, you find the Baptist Church, a
construction with a zinc ceiling built between 1905 and 1910 by
Architect Crowley, later restored in 1980. Then, there is the
Valvarena Chapel, also known as “Ermita”, built in 1685
as a means of divine gratitude to the end of the cholera epidemic.
There were 48 founders to this Chapel.
If you want to know the route, look for the caches in the
following order:
Stop 1 - Starting Line
Stop 2 - The Niagara Sector
Stop 3 - The Town
Stop 4 - Out of Town
Stop 5 - Ajoguillo Slope
Stop 6 - Int to Road #150
Stop 7 - Entry to Town
Stop 8 - And the winner is