Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery

Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery

Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents. Construction began in 1863 under the auspices of Ignacio Mascaro. The cemetery is located outside the walls of Fort San Felipe del Morro fortress, one of the island's most famous landmarks.

Notable interments

*José Julián Acosta, abolitionist, journalist
*Pedro Albizu Campos, nationalist leader and politician
*Jose Celso Barbosa, founder of the Puerto Rican statehood movement
*Antonio R. Barceló, lawyer, businessman and politician
*Salvador Brau, journalist, poet and historian
*Norma Candal, actress
*Gilberto Concepción de Gracia, politician, PIP founder
*Tony Croatto, Italian-Puerto Rican folk singer
*Tite Curet Alonso, composer
*José de Diego, poet, lawyer and liberal politician
*Jose Ferrer, Academy Award winning actor, director
*Pedro Flores, composer
*José Gautier Benítez, poet
*Rafael Hernández, composer and musician
*Tito Lara, composer and musician
*Muna Lee, American writer and first wife of Luis Muñoz Marín
*Samuel R. Quiñones, politician, Nationalist Party founder
*Pedro Salinas, Spanish author
*Daniel Santos, singer and composer

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~prsanjua/ceme3.htm Photographic Article on the cemetery]


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