Juan Rondón Explained

Juan Rondón Martínez
Order:	34th
Office:	Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start:	1843
Term End:	1843
Predecessor:	José Ortiz de la Renta
Successor:	José Ortiz de la Renta
Nationality:	Spain^[1]
Profession:	politician

Juan Rondón Martínez (c. 1790  - c. 1843) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1843.

Municipal works

Rondón Martinez is best known for having inaugurated, in 1843, Ponce's old cemetery (Viejo Cementerio de Ponce) on Calle Simon de la Torre. This cemetery, also called Antiguo Cementerio de Ponce, became the Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro.^[2] Rondon Martínez was the first person to be buried in the cemetery.^[3]

Honors

In Ponce there is a street in Urbanización Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans

Further reading

• Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 124. Item 624.
• Mariano Vidal Armstrong. Quien es quien en Ponce y leyendas de antaño. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1986. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO; Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez, RUM)

Notes and References

1. Eduardo Neuman Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. p. 14.
2. Book: Lugo Ramirez, Doris E.. Aproximación a la iconografía funeraria en Puerto Rico: Análisis de Tumbas y Pinturas Puertorriqueñas Representativas de Finales del Siglo XIX al Inicio del XXI. (Doctoral thesis). fondosdigitales.us.es. 2008. 978-84-691-7947-5. University of Seville, Spain. 112.
3. United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Nomination Form #84003149. Cementerio Antiguo de Ponce (a.k.a., Cementerio Civil de Ponce) 6 December 1983. Page 3.