Cementerio Civil de Ponce

Coordinates: 18°00′48″N 66°37′58″W / 18.01327°N 66.63286°W / 18.01327; -66.63286

Cementerio Civil de Ponce
View of the cemetery's entrance
Details
Established 1901
Location Barrio Portugues Urbano,
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Country Puerto Rico
Coordinates N 18.01327 W 66.63286 (18° 0' 47.7714" N, 66° 37' 58.2954" 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

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.[1][lower-alpha 1] It was designed by Manuel V. Domenech.[2] 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.[3]

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).

Notable interments

Notes

  1. ↑ Socorro Giron states it was inaugurated in 1904 (Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. Page 431.)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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 978-84-691-7947-5. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. 2008. Page 112.
  2. ↑ Socorro Giron. Ponce, e; teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. Ponce Municipal Government. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Page 432.
  3. ↑ Profanan tumbas en cementerio en Ponce. Miguel Rivera Puig. El Vocero. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Emotiva despedida a la ‘Negra de Ponce’ Ruth Fernández. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Despedirán a Ruth este sábado en Ponce. Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 11 January 2012. Year 30. Issue 1467. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  6. ↑ Listening to salsa: gender, Latin popular music, and Puerto Rican cultures. Frances R. Aparicio. Wesleyan University. 1998. pp. 3, 45, 52, 54.
  7. ↑ Aplauden y sonean en honor a Lavoe. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Conmemoran 113 aniversario del Fuego del Polvorín en Ponce: Los “Héroes del Polvorín” son: Rafael Rivera Esbri, Juan Romero, Rafael del Valle y Valle, Cayetano Casals, Pedro Sabater, Gregorio Rivera, Pedro Ruiz y Tomás Rivera. Primera Hora. 27 January 2012. Accessed 4 September 2018.
  9. ↑ Certificado de Defunciones 1963–1965: Certificate number 56-1025. FamilySearch. Registro Civil. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Tomes 187-190. Page 56. 7 November 1964. Accessed 4 September 2018.
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