Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery
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Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era graveyard the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents. Construction began in 1863 under the auspices of Ignacio Mascaro. The cemetery is located outside the walls of Fort San Felipe del Morro fortress, one of the island's most famous landmarks.
Some notable personalities interred at the cemetery include:
- José Julián Acosta, abolitionist, journalist
- Jose Celso Barbosa, founder of the Puerto Rican statehood movement
- Antonio R. Barceló, lawyer, businessman and politician
- Salvador Brau, journalist, poet and writer
- Norma Candal, actress
- Tony Croatto, Italian-Puerto Rican folk singer
- Tite Curet Alonso, composer
- José de Diego, poet, lawyer and liberal politician
- Jose Ferrer, Academy Award winning actor, director
- Pedro Flores, composer
- José Gautier Benítez, poet
- Tito Lara, composer and musician
- Muna Lee, American writer and first wife of Luis Muñoz Marín
- Pedro Salinas, Spanish author
