Global InformationCementerio Civil de Ponce information
| Cementerio Civil de Ponce | |
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 View of the cemetery's entrance | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1901 |
| Location | Barrio Portugues Urbano, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Country | Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°00′48″N 66°37′58″W / 18.01327°N 66.63286°W |
| Type | Public; a.k.a., Cementerio Municipal |
| Style | Art Deco |
| Owned by | Municipality of Ponce |
| Size | Unknown |
| No. of graves | Est. 1,000 |
| Terms of lease | In perpetuity |
| Find a Grave | Cementerio Civil de Ponce |
| Footnotes | Manuel V. Domenech, Architect[1] |
Cementerio Civil de Ponce (Ponce Civil Cemetery), a.k.a., Cementerio Municipal de Ponce, is a historic burial ground in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1901.[2][a] It was designed by Manuel V. Domenech.[3] Some of the people buried at Cementerio Civil include Ruth Fernández, Isabel la Negra and Héctor Lavoe. It is believed to be the largest cemetery in Puerto Rico.[4]
The cemetery is also home to the Monumento a los heroes de El Polvorín (Monument to the El Polvorin Heroes). It is located in Barrio Portugues Urbano at N 18.01327 W 66.63286 (18° 0' 47.7714" N, 66° 37' 58.2954" W).
- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 115–116.
- ^ Aproximación a la Iconografía Funeraria en Puerto Rico: Análisis de Tumbas y Pinturas Puertorriqueñas Representativas de Finales del Siglo XIX al Inicio del XXI. Doris E. Lugo Ramirez. Ph.D. Thesis. ISBN 978-8469179475. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. 2008. p. 112.
- ^ Socorro Giron. Ponce, e; teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. Ponce Municipal Government. Ponce, Puerto Rico. p. 432.
- ^ Profanan tumbas en cementerio en Ponce. Miguel Rivera Puig. El Vocero. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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