Salvador de Vives explained

Salvador de Vives Rodó
Order1:32nd
Office1:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:1 January 1840
Term End1:5 January 1842[1]
Predecessor1:Juan de Dios Conde
Successor1:José Ortíz de la Renta
Order2:37th
Office2:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start2:1844
Term End2:24 November 1845[2]
Predecessor2:Bonifacio Martinez de Banos
Successor2:Antonio Corro
Birth Date:1784
Birth Place:Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalonia[3]
Death Date:24 November 1845
Death Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality:Spanish
Spouse:Isabel Diaz[4]
Children:Carlos[5] [6]
Residence:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Profession:Hacendado

Salvador de Vives Rodó (1784 – 24 November 1845[7]), also known as Salvador Vives, was a Puerto Rican hacendado and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1840 to 5 January 1842[8] [9] and then again from 1 January 1844 to 24 November 1845. His son, Carlos Vives, was a member of the Ponce Municipal Assembly.[10] [11]

Background

Vives Rodó was the son of Quirse Vives and Ana Maria Rodó.[12] He was a wealthy coffee plantation owner who established the now historic Hacienda Buena Vista.[13]

First mayoral term (1840)

In 1840, Vives named the two central plazas in downtown Ponce "Plaza Las Delicias"; up to that point the two plazas were called Plaza Mayor (which came to be known as Plaza Degetau) and Paseo de la Alameda (which was later renamed Plaza Munoz Rivera).[14] Also, under Vives' administration as mayor, the Ponce City Hall was built in 1842. De Vives trusted the design of City Hall to prominent architect Francisco Gil Capó.[15] The trees in Plaza Las Delicias are due to De Vives' direction.[16]

Second mayoral term (1844)

Vives also led the city as mayor from 1 January 1844 until his death on 24 November 1845.[17]

Legacy

One of Ponce's main thoroughfares (Calle Vives) is named after him. "The street was named by proclamation of the city council in 1863."[18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Eduardo Neumann Gandia. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp.275-280.
  2. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  3. Book: Teresa Abelló i Güell. La resposta catalana a la crisi i la pèrdua colonial de 1898. 1 January 1998. Generalitat de Catalunya. 9788439345817.
  4. https://archive.org/details/buenavistalifewo0000bara/page/7 Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904.
  5. Guillermo Baralt. Buena Vista: Life and work in a Puerto Rican hacienda. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. p. 5.
  6. Guillermo Baralt.La Buena Vista, 1833-1904: Estancia de frutos menores, fabrica de harinas y hacienda cafetalera. 1988. Fideicomiso de Conservacion de Puerto Rico. p. 4.
  7. Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  8. Eduardo Neumann Gandia. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp.275-280.
  9. See also, Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. p.26.
  10. Guillermo Baralt. Buena Vista: Life and work in a Puerto Rican hacienda. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. p. 5.
  11. Guillermo Baralt.La Buena Vista, 1833-1904: Estancia de frutos menores, fabrica de harinas y hacienda cafetalera. 1988. Fideicomiso de Conservacion de Puerto Rico. p. 4.
  12. https://archive.org/details/buenavistalifewo0000bara/page/150 Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904.
  13. https://archive.org/details/buenavistalifewo0000bara/page/5 Buena Vista: Life and Work on a Puerto Rican Hacienda, 1833-1904.
  14. Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, Rafael J. Torres Torres, and Carlos Aneiro Perez. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce y sus Principales Lugares de Interés. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. 1st edition. 1991. p. 105.
  15. http://www.ponceweb.org/calcaldia.html Casa Alcaldia
  16. https://archive.org/details/buenavistalifewo0000bara/page/5 Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904.
  17. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  18. https://archive.org/details/buenavistalifewo0000bara/page/81 Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904.

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