| Old Urban Cemetery | |
| Location: | At the foot of Cuesta Vieja Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.4378°N -67.1562°W |
| Map Alt: | Locator map |
| Built: | 1813 |
| Architect: | Spanish Corps of Engineers |
| Added: | January 2, 1985 |
| Refnum: | 85000042 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones |
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| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 2000-(RO)-19-JP-SH |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | RNSZH |
| Designated Other1 Date: | December 21, 2000 |
Old Urban Cemetery, also known as Cementerio Municipal, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, is a cemetery with burials dating back to 1813 or 1814. Near the town of Aguadilla's north entrance, it spreads between the beach and the foot of the mountain and is enclosed by mortar and stone walls. It is located at the foot of Spanish; Castilian: Cuesta Vieja, a sector of Aguadilla barrio-pueblo. Many of its older tombs, made of brick, stone and mortar, were damaged in a 1918 earthquake (presumably the 1918 San Fermín earthquake).[1]
Use of the cemetery began when burials were no longer allowed in the churchyard. Graves include that of poet-laureat José de Jesús Esteves, painter Rafael Arroyo Gely, and Luis R. Esteves (the first Puerto Rican graduate of West Point).[1]
The cemetery was originally divided into sections for Catholics and non-Catholics.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.[3]