Capilla del Cristo

A small eighteenth-century chapel at the southern end of Calle del Cristo in Old San Juan, built where a steep street ends abruptly at the city wall above the bay. Local legend links its origin to a miraculous survival, or a death, during a horse race that plunged over the drop. The tiny silver-adorned altar is dedicated to the Christ of Miracles. Beside it stands a leafy pigeon park with wall niches, and the chapel's ornate gate and bayside setting make it one of the most beloved corners of the old town.