Tile from <i>La Fortaleza</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This tile is from <i>La Fortaleza</i>, a military and government complex in San Juan built to defend the city from naval attacks. Construction began in 1533 and was finished in 1540. This tile resembles the Spanish ceramic style of Talavera, a tile factory established in the 16th century near the city of Toledo, Spain. The tiles produced in Spain became widely used and copied throughout the Spanish colonies.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta loseta proviene de La Fortaleza, un complejo militar y gubernamental de San Juan, edificado para defender a la ciudad de ataques navales, cuya construcción comenzó en 1533 y concluyó en 1540. El estilo de esta pieza se asemeja al español propio de Talavera, una fábrica de cerámica establecida en el siglo XVI cerca de la ciudad de Toledo, España. La cerámica que se fabricaba en España se utilizó y reprodujo ampliamente a la largo de las colonias españolas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Cerámica de La Fortaleza
topic: label: Subject
content: Architecture
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0142
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.9 cm x 13.4 cm; 5 1/16 in x 5 1/4 in