Which architect was responsible for designing the building standing on the original site of a Spanish explorer, conquistador, and first Governor of Puerto Rico?
Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León (] ; 1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and "conquistador". He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first known European expedition to "La Florida", which he named during his first voyage to the area in 1513. Though in popular culture, he was supposedly searching for the Fountain of Youth, there is no contemporary evidence to support the story, which is likely a myth.
Ponce Servicios Ponce Servicos is a municipal building located Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is the largest building in the municipality in terms of footprint area and the only one that occupies an entire city block. Its architecture is Brutalistic. The structure was built in 1981 as a way to provide a modern, air-conditioned, structure to the merchants and shoppers of the historic but aging Plaza de Mercado Isabel II building. On its opening day the building was named the Juan Bigas Plaza del Mercado building, in honor of Juan Bigas Moulins, the Ponce businessman by that name.