Juan Bertoli Calderoni

Juan Bertoli Calderoni
Born Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Occupation Architect
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Bertoli and the second or maternal family name is Calderoni.

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.

Legacy

Among Bertoli's most distinguished works are the Teatro La Perla (1860s), and the former downtown Ponce residence of the Serralles family (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.[1] 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.

References

  1. ^ En precario la sede ponceña: Incierto futuro para el Centro Cultural. Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. March 16, 2011.

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