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The Letras de Ponce (English: Ponce letters) is a famous landmark in Barrio Sabanetas in Ponce, Puerto Rico, located southbound on PR-52 at the intersection with PR-10. The iconic monument consists of five letters that spell the name of the city P-O-N-C-E in by by red and black letters. The letters, and its resulting sign, were designed by Carlos Rivera Villafañe, a sculptor from Ponce.〔(''Conjunto excultorico Letras de Ponce.'' ) Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 6 November 2011.〕 The landmark is said to be "known to every Puerto Rican."〔(''Alonso & Carus...50 años de arduo trabajo y dedicación.'' ) Planos y Capacetes. March - April 2012. Page 20. Retrieved 28 September 2012..〕 == History == In 2002 the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation presented a contest for the design of a monument to be placed on State Route 52 (PR-52), at the entrance of the city of Ponce.〔''Ponce: Letras de Ponce.'' F. Suarez. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico. Page 15. Retrieved 6 November 2011.〕 The contest was part of what would become 97 projects of public art spread throughout Puerto Rico.〔(''The Ponce Letters Monument.'' ) Travel Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 6 November 2011.〕 In selecting the work of art, the Government of Puerto Rico considered 318〔''Ponce: Letras de Ponce.'' F. Suarez. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico. Page 15. Retrieved 6 November 2011.〕 submissions from hundreds of artists around the world, including Ada Bobonis, Ann Hamilton, Antoni Muntadas, Liliana Porter, and Devorah Sperber.〔(''Las Letras de Ponce: Símbolo del orgullo ponceño…¡al estilo Hollywood!'' ) Rachell E. López Ortiz. KoolTour Activa Puerto Rico. Retrieved 6 November 2011.〕 Rivera Villafañe's proposal was one of the winners, and the winner for the Ponce entrance monument.
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