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The Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad (''Holy Trinity Church'') was organized by British residents in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as an Anglican congregation in 1869. They built their first church of wood and metal at this site in 1873, aided by materials sent by Queen Victoria's government, including a bell cast in England in 1870. Located at the intersection of Marina, Mayor, and Abolicion streets, it was the first Anglican church built on the island and in Latin America.〔(''Explore Puerto Rico'' ), by Harry S. Pariser. San Francisco: Manatee Press, p. 244, Retrieved November 30, 2009〕 Holy Trinity was still the only Protestant church in Puerto Rico at the time of the United States invasion in 1898. Its bell was rung that day to celebrate religious freedom.〔(''Puerto Rico: its conditions and possibilities'' ), William Dinwiddie. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1899. Page 190.〕 Because the old church had deteriorated, it was taken down; and a new church building was constructed on the same site in 1926. It has a synthesis of English neo-Gothic and Spanish-colonial styles. The 1870 bell was installed in the new church. The architect or designer is unknown. The church was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1986.〔 ==Physical appearance== The Holy Trinity Church (1926) is a free-standing structure located on the east side of "calle Marina" at the intersection of "calle Mayor" and "calle Abolicion", a public area formed by the merging of "calle Marina" and "calle Mayor". The building follows the typical cruciform plan, created by a double-height nave with a crossing situated just west of the semi-circular apse. The nave incorporates an interior balcony addition above the main entrance. Concrete pilaster masses along the side walls support a concrete plate which, in turn, supports the wooden king trusses of the exposed roof construction. The side walls are divided into five bays of equal width by the pilaster masses. Bays 1 through 4 are punctured by attenuated, circular-arch, glazed windows of gothic proportions, and the transept is located at bay 5. All interior walls are free of ornamentation.〔Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying Official; Felix Julian del Campo, State Historian; and Hector Santiago, State Historian, Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) July 14, 1986. In ''National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form''. United States Department of the Inferior. National Park Service. (Washington, D.C.) Page 2. Listing Reference Number 86002766. September 29, 1986.〕 The exterior is characterized by the combined use of neo-gothic and Spanish-Colonial elements. The body of the church is buttressed between the window opening along the north and south facades. The transept rises only one storey in height and its gables are oriented along a north–south axis. The exterior walls are void of any ornamentation as well, and the composition is capped by a ceramic tile roof typical of mission-style churches. The primary facade is particularly exemplary of the combination of North-American and Hispanic influences. This facade consists of a vertical rectangular frontispiece, surmounted by a bell gable with a bell in each of its two slender Roman arches, and a cross at the ridge, resulting in a composition similar to that of many of the colonial churches found on the island. Nonetheless, the frontispiece is flanked by buttresses and is punctured by a circular window at a second-floor height, reminiscent of the neo-gothic church architecture common throughout the United States. A projecting, one-storey, cubical reception section provides access to the nave through a semi-circular arch with iron grillework. This foyer area is sheltered by a hipped Spanish tile roof. In addition, its walls are whitewashed, in contrast to the unpainted appearance of the main body of the church, strengthening the impression of a mission-style addition to a gothic structure.〔Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying Official; Felix Julian del Campo, State Historian; and Hector Santiago, State Historian, Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) July 14, 1986. In ''National Register of Historic Places-Inventory Nomination Form''. United States Department of the Inferior. National Park Service. (Washington, D.C.) Page 2. Listing Reference Number 86002766. September 29, 1986.〕 A small garden surrounds the building, fenced from the sidewalk by iron railings with concrete posts at equal intervals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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