South view of the Puerto Rico Capitol, home of the Legislative Assembly.

The Capitol of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Capitolio de Puerto Rico) is located within San Juan, which is the capital of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} The building is home to the bicameral Legislative Assembly, composed of the House of Representatives and Senate. The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico is the Legislative branch of the Government of Puerto Rico. The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico is the Lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, larger than the The Senate of Puerto Rico is the Upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, smaller than the House of Representatives. The building is located in the Puerta de Tierra sector of San Juan, between the Ponce de León and Muñoz Rivera avenues. San Juan (saŋ hwaŋ (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, " Saint John the Baptist " is the Capital and largest municipality in

History

The idea of constructing a capitol was first introduced by former Resident Commissioner Luis Muñoz Rivera in 1907, and was partly meant to demonstrate some degree of civilian rule in the island, which at the time was a colony of the United States. The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico (Spanish El Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico) is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives elected Luis Muñoz Rivera ( July 17, 1859 - November 15, 1916) was a Puerto Rican Poet, Journalist and Politician Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[1] Construction of the building eventually began in 1919 under the leadership of Antonio R. Barceló. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antonio R Barceló ( April 15, 1868 &ndash October 15, 1938) was a lawyer businessman and the patriarch of what was to become one of Puerto The building was inaugurated on February 11, 1929, with the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly taking place three days later. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Building complex

Over the years, Puerto Rico's capitol complex has grown to now include two legislative annex buildings, designed in the 1950s by the Toro-Ferrer architectural firm: the Rafael Martínez Nadal Senate Annex on the Senate side and the Ernesto Ramos Antonini House Annex on the House side. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The Luis Muñoz Marín Senate Office Building houses administrative and committee offices, the Luis A. Ferré Building houses offices for both chambers, as well as a 700 space parking garage, while the Antonio R. Barceló Building houses offices for both chambers, the Legislative Library, and offices for the Superintendent of the Capitol and the Office of Legislative Services. The Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico was created on January 27 1954 to provide research translation library and legislative drafting services to all members of The Ramón Mellado Parsons Building houses Senate offices. The buildings that formerly housed the State Commission of Elections in Puerta de Tierra are currently used to house Senate and House archives, as well as administrative offices. The State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico &mdash Spanish: Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico ( CEEPR or CEE-PUR)&mdash is the

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