page_title: Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero
section_title: Puerto Rico
hierarchical_section_title: Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero / Puerto Rico
caption_attribution_description: English: Puente de los Frailes — spanning Frailes Creek, PR Route 873, KM 18.85, Tortugo (San Juan County, Puerto Rico). Also known as General Norzagaray Bridge Image: (1977): HAER—Historic American Engineering Record images of Puerto Rico, cropped.
context_page_description: Fernando María Félix Mateo Juan Nepomuceno de Norzagaray y Escudero was a Spanish soldier and colonial governor. Of Basque descent, he was a lieutenant general before becoming the 104th Governor of Puerto Rico and the 78th Governor of the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule. He also had a political career in Spain. In 1840 he was briefly Minister of War. On his return to Spain in 1860 he was made a senator, but he died the same year.
context_section_description: He did extensive infrastructure work in Puerto Rico. One example is the General Norzagaray Bridge, which crosses the Los Frailes stream. Arsenals were constructed, and a cavalry was created.
caption: General Norzagaray Bridge in Tortugo, San Juan
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