Juan Bertoli Calderoni
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Juan Bertoli Calderoni was a nineteenth-century Puerto Rican
architect
from Ponce, Puerto Rico
. He designed Teatro La Perla, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña and the building currently housing the Centro Cultural de Ponce (Calle Cristina #70) among various other historic structures.
(1870) at 70 Cristina street. The latter was originally built as the residence of prominent Ponce businessman and subsequent Ponce mayor Ermelindo Salazar; it was also the first headquarters of Museo de Arte de Ponce. Bertoli is recognized at Ponce's Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens. In barrio Segundo
in Ponce there is also a street named after him; the street leads to Castillo Serralles.
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
from Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
. He designed Teatro La Perla, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña and the building currently housing the Centro Cultural de Ponce (Calle Cristina #70) among various other historic structures.
Legacy
Among Bertoli's most distinguished works are the Teatro La Perla (1860s), and the former downtown Ponce residence of the Serralles familyJuan Serralles
Juan Serrallés Colón was the founder of Hacienda Mercedita in Ponce, Puerto Rico and what was to become Destileria Serralles, producers of "Don Q", a world renowned brand of Puerto Rican rum.-Early years:...
(1870) at 70 Cristina street. The latter was originally built as the residence of prominent Ponce businessman and subsequent Ponce mayor Ermelindo Salazar; it was also the first headquarters of Museo de Arte de Ponce. Bertoli is recognized at Ponce's Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens. In barrio Segundo
Segundo (Ponce)
Segundo is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Primero, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto, and Sexto, Segundo is one the municipality's six core urban barrios.-Location:...
in Ponce there is also a street named after him; the street leads to Castillo Serralles.
See also
- Alfredo Wiechers
- Francisco Porrata DoriaFrancisco Porrata DoriaFrancisco Porrata-Doria was a twentieth-century Puerto Rican architect from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Porrata-Doria was a pioneer in the development of the local modern architecture and one of the architects responsible for what has been called "Ponce Monumental Architecture", of which the Banco Crédito...