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Salvador de Vives

Salvador de Vives

Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico

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]

This article is about the mayor from Ponce. For the actor from Barcelona, see Salvador Vives (actor).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Vives and the second or maternal family name is Rodó.
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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

Footnotes

  1. Socorro Giron states his tomb in Ponce has an inscription stating he was born in Gerona, Catalonia (Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. p.31.)

References

  1. [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. [2]
    Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  3. [3]
    Teresa Abelló i Güell (1 January 1998). La resposta catalana a la crisi i la pèrdua colonial de 1898. Generalitat de Catalunya. ISBN 9788439345817.
  4. [4]
    Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Guillermo A. Baralt. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. Page 7. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  5. [5]
    Guillermo Baralt. Buena Vista: Life and work in a Puerto Rican hacienda. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. p. 5.
  6. [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. ISBN 9780962208300 ISBN 0962208302 OCLC 19377981
  7. [7]
    Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  8. [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. [9]
    See also, Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. p.26.
  10. [10]
    Guillermo Baralt. Buena Vista: Life and work in a Puerto Rican hacienda. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. p. 5.
  11. [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. ISBN 9780962208300 ISBN 0962208302 OCLC 19377981
  12. [12]
    Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Guillermo A. Baralt. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. Page 150. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  13. [13]
    Buena Vista: Life and Work on a Puerto Rican Hacienda, 1833-1904. Guillermo A. Baralt.
  14. [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. [15]
    Casa Alcaldia
  16. [16]
    Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Guillermo A. Baralt. Page 12.
  17. [17]
    Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  18. [18]
    Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Page 81. Guillermo A. Baralt. Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico. 1988. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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