Cementerio Civil de Ponce

{{Short description|Historic burial ground in Ponce, Puerto Rico}}

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{{Infobox cemetery

| name = Cementerio Civil de Ponce

| image = Entrada al Cementerio Civil de Ponce, en Barrio Portugues Urbano, Ponce, Puerto Rico (IMG 2994).jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = View of the cemetery's entrance

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| established = 1901

| style = Art Deco

| country = Puerto Rico

| location = Barrio Portugues Urbano,
Ponce, Puerto Rico

| coordinates = {{Coord|18.01327|-66.63286|region:US-PR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| type = Public; a.k.a., Cementerio Municipal

| owner = Municipality of Ponce

| size = Unknown

| graves = Est. 1,000

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| leases = In perpetuity

| website =

| findagraveid= 2150675

| footnotes = Manuel V. Domenech, ArchitectEduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 115–116.

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Cementerio Civil de Ponce (Ponce Civil Cemetery), a.k.a., Cementerio Municipal de Ponce, is a historic burial ground in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1901.[http://fondosdigitales.us.es/tesis/tesis/724/aproximacion-a-la-iconografia-funeraria-en-puerto-rico-analisis-de-tumbas-y-pinturas-puertorriquenas-representativas-de-finales-del-siglo-xix-al-inicio-del-xxi/#description Aproximación a la Iconografía Funeraria en Puerto Rico: Análisis de Tumbas y Pinturas Puertorriqueñas Representativas de Finales del Siglo XIX al Inicio del XXI]. Doris E. Lugo Ramirez. Ph.D. Thesis. {{ISBN|978-8469179475}}. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. 2008. p. 112.{{efn|Socorro Giron states it was inaugurated in 1904 (Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. p. 431.)}} It was designed by Manuel V. Domenech.Socorro Giron. Ponce, e; teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. Ponce Municipal Government. Ponce, Puerto Rico. p. 432. Some of the people buried at Cementerio Civil include Ruth Fernández, Isabel la Negra and Héctor Lavoe. It is believed to be the largest cemetery in Puerto Rico.[http://elvocero.com/profanan-tumbas-en-cementerio-en-ponce/ Profanan tumbas en cementerio en Ponce.] Miguel Rivera Puig. El Vocero. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

The cemetery is also home to the Monumento a los heroes de El Polvorín (Monument to the El Polvorin Heroes). It is located in Barrio Portugues Urbano at N 18.01327 W 66.63286 (18° 0' 47.7714" N, 66° 37' 58.2954" W).