Artists' Home Towns
Select a town below (in grey) for interesting facts and the names of santeros who live and work there.
Toa Alta
Founded: 1751
Population: 63,929 (2000 Census)
Residents known as: Toalteños
Location: Northern plain
Products: Milk, scientific instruments, food, leather, plastic, rubber
Named for: An Indian river
Nickname: Cuna de Poetas (Cradle of Poets); originally known as the “Farm
of the Catholic Kings”
Patron saint: San Fernando whose fiesta
patronal or feast day is celebrated
on May 30.
Santos artists from Toa Alta: Luis
González











