Juan Bertoli Calderoni
Juan Bertoli Calderoni (sometimes spelled Juan Bertoly Calderoni) was a nineteenth-century French architect from Bastia, Corsica, and long-time resident of Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he designed various prominent structures including Teatro La Perla, Casa Serrallés (now, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña), and Residencia Ermelindo Salazar (now, Centro Cultural de Ponce, at Calle Cristina #70) among various other historic building.
Juan Bertoli Calderoni
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- Name
- Juan Bertoli Calderoni
- Born
- 1820
- Birthplace
- Bastia, Corsica, France
- Died
- 12 June 1885
- Place of death
- Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Field
- Engineering, Architect
- Movement
- Neoclassical architecture
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
- Fields
- engineering
- Known for
- Teatro La Perla · Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña · Centro Cultural de Ponce Carmen Solá de Pereira · Casa Vives
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Juan Bertoli Calderoni (sometimes spelled Juan Bertoly Calderoni) was a nineteenth-century French architect from Bastia, Corsica, and long-time resident of Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he designed various prominent structures including Teatro La Perla, Casa Serrallés (now, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña), and Residencia Ermelindo Salazar (now, Centro Cultural de Ponce, at Calle Cristina #70) among various other historic building.
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• Name — Juan Bertoli Calderoni • Native Name — Juan Bertoly Calderoni • Born — 1820 • Birthplace — Bastia, Corsica, France • Died — 12 June 1885 • Place of death — Ponce, Puerto Rico • Resting Place — Panteon Nacional Roman Baldorioty de Castro • Field — Engineering, Architect • Movement — Neoclassical architecture • Works — Teatro La Perla, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña, Centro Cultural de Ponce, Casa Vives
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First years
• Illustration — Teatro La Perla, one of Bertoli's structures Bertoli Calderoni was the son of Juan Ludovico Bertoli and Maria Luisa Calderoni. He came to Puerto Rico from Bastia, Corsica, in 1845, contracted by the Spanish Military Corps of Engineers to work at La Fortaleza and other Spanish military installations in San Juan. Subsequently, he moved to Ponce, Puerto Rico, seeking better recognition for his skills. In Ponce, he designed and directed the building of Teatro La Perla, the first neoclassical construction in Ponce.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Institutional cataloguing adds that juan Bertoli Calderoni is associated with Neoclassical architecture. Recorded with the occupation architect. Institutional cataloguing adds that juan Bertoli Calderoni is recorded as a citizen of United States. It is also recorded that juan Bertoli Calderoni is recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that juan Bertoli Calderoni died on 12 June 1885. Born in Bastia.
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Among Bertoli's most distinguished works is the Teatro La Perla (1860s). He also designed the former downtown Ponce residence of the Ermelindo Salazar (1870) at 70 Cristina street. The latter was originally built as the residence of prominent Ponce businessman and subsequent Ponce mayor, Ermelindo Salazar; it was also the first headquarters of Museo de Arte de Ponce, and today is home to the Centro Cultural de Ponce. He also designed Casa Vives, the home of the owner of Hacienda Buena Vista.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6299047: Juan Bertoli Calderoni
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- “Juan Bertoli Calderoni”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Honors
• Bertoli is recognized at Ponce's Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens. • In Barrio Segundo, Ponce, there is a street named after him; the street leads to Castillo Serralles.
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