Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery
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Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era graveyard the final reasting of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives. Construction began in 1863 under the auspices of Ignacio Mascaro. The cemetery is located outside the walls of El Morro fortress, one of the island's most famous landmarks.
Some famous people interred at the cemetery include:
- Jose Celso Barbosa, founder of the Puerto Rican statehood movement
- Norma Candal, actress
- Tony Croatto, Italian-Puerto Rican folk singer
- Tite Curet Alonso, composer
- Pedro Flores, composer
- Muna Lee, American writer
- Pedro Salinas, Spanish author
