Coronel
Luis de Quixano y Font
63rd Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
11 July 1863 – 23 June 1865
Preceded byHilarión Pérez Guerra
Succeeded byFrancisco Olazarra
Personal details
Bornc. 1810
Diedc. 1880
ProfessionMilitary

Luis de Quixano y Font[a] (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.[1]

Mayoral term

Luis de Quixano y Font is best known for building the now-historic 65-kiosk Plaza del Mercado de Ponce in 1863.[2] [3] Occupying a full city block, this farmers' market was modeled after the Paris farmers' market.[4] 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.[5] Upon leaving his mayoral duties in Ponce on 23 June 1865, Quixano y Font became mayor of San German.[6][7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Also written "Luis de Quijano y Font" (See Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p. 20.)

References

  1. ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. p. 20.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ After Paris
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.

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Political offices Preceded byHilarión Pérez Guerra Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico 11 July 1863 -23 June 1865 Succeeded byFrancisco Olazarra


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