The plastic arts in any society are an expression of the longings, feelings and realities of the society in which they are created.

In the Tibes area of Ponce is one of the oldest indigenous archaeological sites in the Caribbean. It consists of 12 stone structures, including ceremonial plazas, bateys and foundations, of which only nine have been restored.

The University of (UPR) was the first formal university entity founded in Puerto Rico. It was created by the Law of March 12, 1903.

Rafael Hernández represented the ideal of the Puerto Rican professional musician in the first half of the 20th century.

Ramón Emeterio Betances Alacán was the son of Felipe Betances, a Dominican immigrant tied to the world of the sugar trade and business, and María del Carmen Alacán, a native of Cabo Rojo.

Ricardo Alegría led important archaeological excavations in Puerto Rico.

In 2009, Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Among the performing poets of the Nuyorican movement, a popularized coined term to identity a New York Puerto Rican, adopted by these writers, and which led to the founding of the Nuyorican Poets Café in 1975, Tato Laviera was one of the best known.

Part of Miguel Piñero’s literary prominence stems from his association with the Nuyorican poetic movement.

In the early 1970s, Nicholasa Mohr became one of the pioneers and most notable voices among a growing group of Puerto Rican writers born or raised in the United States.