Luis de Quixano y Font
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|successor = Francisco Olazarra
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Luis de Quixano y Font{{efn|Also written "Luis de Quijano y Font" (See Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p. 20.)}} (c. 1810 - c. 1880) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 11 July 1863 to 23 June 1865.
Background
Quixano Font was a retired Spanish colonel that performed as corregidor mayor of Ponce. He was also an early propeller of the celebration of the fiestas patronales in Ponce.Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. p. 20.
Mayoral term
Luis de Quixano y Font is best known for building the now-historic 65-kiosk Plaza del Mercado de Ponce in 1863.Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla, y la campana de la Almudaina: Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda decada del siglo XX. Page 105. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. Impreso por Editora Corripio, C. por A. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. LOC Catalog Number: 85-90989. Registration Number: TX-1-977-212.
[http://ponce.inter.edu/cai/connections/html/archivo.html Archivo Municipal de Ponce.] El Archivo Histórico Municipal del Municipio Autónomo de Ponce, Puerto Rico: Antecedentes Históricos. Universidad Interamericana, Recinto de Ponce. Accessed 12 February 2018. Occupying a full city block, this farmers' market was modeled after the Paris farmers' market.[http://www.letsgotoponce.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=81 After Paris] Luis de Quixano is also credited with setting up the first lighting of the city, when he ordered the installation of 16 oil-based lampposts around Plaza Las Delicias in 1864.Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, Rafael J. Torres Torres, and Carlos Aneiro Perez. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce y sus Principales Lugares de Interes. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1st edition. 1991. p. 105. Upon leaving his mayoral duties in Ponce on 23 June 1865, Quixano y Font became mayor of San German.Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla, y la campana de la Almudaina: Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda decada del siglo XX. Page 103. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. Impreso por Editora Corripio, C. por A. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana.[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2013201074/1865-06-10/ed-1/seq-1/ Gobierno Capitanía General de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Secretaria de Gobierno, Puerto Rico. Parte Oficial. 5 June 1865.] La Gaceta de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 10 June 1865. Issue 69. p. 1.
See also
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Notes
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References
Further reading
- Ramon Marin. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links
- [https://www.geoisla.com/2019/01/guardia-civil-espanola-c-1898/ Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)]
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Category:Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Category:Year of death uncertain
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