Luis de Quixano y Font (c. 1810 - c. 1880) was
Mayor
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of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
, 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.
Mayoral term
Luis de Quixano y Font is best known for building the now-historic 65-kiosk
Plaza del Mercado de Ponce
Plaza del Mercado de Ponce (English: Ponce Market Plaza) or, formally, Plaza del Mercado Isabel Segunda (often abbreviated as Plaza del Mercado Isabel II), is a historic marketplace building in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was inaugurated in 1863 by P ...
in 1863.
Occupying a full city block, this
farmers' market
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was modeled after the
Paris
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farmers' market. 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
Plaza Las Delicias is the main plaza in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The square is notable for its fountains and for the various monuments it contains. The historic Parque de Bombas and Ponce Cathedral buildings are located within the plaza, ...
in 1864. Upon leaving his mayoral duties in Ponce on 23 June 1865, Quixano y Font became mayor of
San German.
''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
* List of Puerto Ricans
*List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military office ...
Notes
References
Further reading
* Ramon Marin. ''Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce.'' Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links
Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1810s births
1880s deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
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