Cerro Maravilla

Cerro Maravilla is a 1,205-meter mountain in Puerto Rico’s Cordillera Central, on the edge of Barrio Anón in Ponce near Jayuya, and the island’s fourth-highest peak. Its height gives it rare sweeping views, with both the northern and southern coasts visible on clear days, and it is reached by a short spur road off PR-143. The mountain also holds a central place in modern Puerto Rican history: on July 25, 1978, two independence activists were killed there in a police ambush, an event known as the Cerro Maravilla murders. Since then, it has remained a symbolically charged gathering place for supporters of Puerto Rican independence.

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