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Old Urban Cemetery, also known as Cementerio Municipal, in
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Aguadilla (, ), founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is s ...
, is a cemetery with burials dating back to 1813 or 1814. Near the town of Aguadilla's north entrance, it spreads between the beach and the foot of the mountain, and is enclosed by mortar and stone walls. It is located at the foot of , a sector of
Aguadilla barrio-pueblo Aguadilla barrio-pueblo is an urban Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrio and the administrative center (Seat of government, seat) of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Aguadilla, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,627. As was customary i ...
. Many of its older tombs, made of brick, stone and mortar, were damaged in a 1918 earthquake (presumably the
1918 San Fermín earthquake The 1918 San Fermín earthquake, also known as the Puerto Rico earthquake of 1918, struck the island of Puerto Rico at on October 11. The earthquake measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and IX (''Violent'') on the Mercalli intensity scale ...
). with Use of the cemetery began when burials were no longer allowed in the churchyard. Graves include that of poet-laureat José de Jesús Esteves, painter
Rafael Arroyo Gely Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...
, and Luis R. Esteves (the first Puerto Rican graduate of West Point). The cemetery was originally divided into sections for Catholics and non-Catholics. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1985.


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* {{NRHP in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico 1813 establishments in Puerto Rico National Register of Historic Places in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico