Hacienda Gripiñas

Hacienda Gripiñas is a lodging located in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico.[1][2]

Hacienda Gripiñas
Location of Hacienda Gripiñas in the center of Puerto Rico

In 1858, Don Eusebio Pérez del Castillo established the Gripiñas hacienda (or estate) in the Gripiñas sector, Veguitas ward, Jayuya. Hacienda Gripiñas was dedicated mainly to the plantation of coffee and contributed significantly to the growth of this industry in the island during the 19th and 20th century. Pérez and his wife died late in the 19th century, as the coffee plantation industry decayed in the island because of Hurricane San Ciriaco (1899) and the Spanish–American War (1898). Jaime Oliver Mayol acquired the estate, and in 1904 its coffee product, Café Gripiñas, won a "Grand Prix" at the St. Louis World's Fair in Louisiana. Miguel A. Sastre Oliver was Jaime Oliver Mayol's grandson. He owned and farmed Hacienda Gripiñas from 1929 to 197O. Miguel A. Sastre acquired more land and grew the estate to approximately 1,000 "cuerdas" before selling the Hacienda to the government of Puerto Rico. In the land where the Hacienda Gripiñas was located, the government of Puerto Rico divided the area into smaller farms through the Corporación para el Desarrollo Rural de Puerto Rico, and established the Parador Hacienda Gripiñas (presently operated by the municipal government of Jayuya).

Migiel A. Sastre Oliver developed Hacienda Gripiñas into a sophisticated coffee and dairy farm, and made developments with different fruits, specially avocados. Today, the avocado variety Gripiñas C-5 is one of the most productive varieties and is widely used in commercial farming in Venezuela and other Latin-American countries.

In 1975, the Hacienda Gripiñas main housing building was remodeled into the Parador Hacienda Gripiñas lodging, used mostly by tourists visiting the town of Jayuya.[3] Parador Hacienda Gripiñas is near Cerro de Punta, Puerto Rico's highest mountain, and near the town of Jayuya, famous for the Festival Taíno, and other events.[4]

Looking out over Puerto Rico from the Jayuya mountains

See also

References
  1. Travesía, Redacción. "Aires de aventura en la montaña". El Vocero de Puerto Rico.
  2. Petro, Pamela (March 25, 2009). "The rich palette of Puerto Rico" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. "Parador Hacienda Gripiñas - Accommodations in Jayuya, Puerto Rico(Central - Mountain)". Puerto Rico Explore. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. "A la calle 1,000 empleados del hotel El Conquistador". Primera Hora. January 16, 2018.

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