According to the traditional Spanish colonial custom, a town's main square, or plaza, was the center of the town.
In the case of Ponce, a Catholic church was built on the center of the plaza, thus splitting the plaza into two sections.
Plaza Degetau (the subject of this article) is the southern of the two sections (see "Diagram of Plaza Las Delicias" herein), with the other plaza, Plaza Muñoz Rivera, located to the north of Plaza Federico Degetau.
Plaza Degetau measures 6,400 square meters.

The history of Plaza Degetau dates back to as far as the creation of the first Catholic chapel in Ponce in 1670.
 It is also known that around 1840 Mayor Salvador de Vives planted trees as a renovation project for plaza.
It was first lit in 1864.
The Plaza, as it stands today, was designed by architect Francisco Porrata-Doria in 1914.

In addition to the Cathedral and the firehouse, Plaza Degetau at one point also contained an open dining Moorish-style kiosk that had been part of the 1882 Fair Exposition.
 The kiosk was still present at the time of the American invasion of the island in 1898 as reported by American photo-journalist William Dinwiddie, but it was demolished in 1914.
According to the traditional Spanish colonial custom, a town's main square, or plaza, was the center of the town. In the case of Ponce, a Catholic church was built on the center of the plaza, thus splitting the plaza into two sections. Plaza Degetau (the subject of this article) is the southern of the two sections (see "Diagram of Plaza Las Delicias" herein), with the other plaza, Plaza Muñoz Rivera, located to the north of Plaza Federico Degetau. Plaza Degetau measures 6,400 square meters.
The history of Plaza Degetau dates back to as far as the creation of the first Catholic chapel in Ponce in 1670.  It is also known that around 1840 Mayor Salvador de Vives planted trees as a renovation project for plaza. It was first lit in 1864. The Plaza, as it stands today, was designed by architect Francisco Porrata-Doria in 1914.
In addition to the Cathedral and the firehouse, Plaza Degetau at one point also contained an open dining Moorish-style kiosk that had been part of the 1882 Fair Exposition.  The kiosk was still present at the time of the American invasion of the island in 1898 as reported by American photo-journalist William Dinwiddie, but it was demolished in 1914.
Plaza Degetau