Salvador de Vives Rodó (1784 – 24 November 1845[7]), also known as Salvador Vives, was a Puerto Rican hacendado and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1840 to 5 January 1842[8][9] and then again from 1 January 1844 to 24 November 1845. His son, Carlos Vives, was a member of the Ponce Municipal Assembly.[10][11]
Salvador de Vives Rodó | |
|---|---|
| 32nd Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1 January 1840 – 5 January 1842[1] | |
| Preceded by | Juan de Dios Conde |
| Succeeded by | José Ortíz de la Renta |
| 37th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1844 – 24 November 1845[2] | |
| Preceded by | Bonifacio Martinez de Banos |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Corro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1784 Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona,[a] Catalonia[3] |
| Died | 24 November 1845 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Spouse | Isabel Diaz[4] |
| Children | Carlos[5][6] |
| Residence(s) | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Profession | Hacendado |
Background
editVives Rodó was the son of Quirse Vives and Ana Maria Rodó.[12] He was a wealthy coffee plantation owner who established the now historic Hacienda Buena Vista.[13]
First mayoral term (1840)
editIn 1840, Vives named the two central plazas in downtown Ponce "Plaza Las Delicias"; up to that point the two plazas were called Plaza Mayor (which came to be known as Plaza Degetau) and Paseo de la Alameda (which was later renamed Plaza Munoz Rivera).[14] Also, under Vives' administration as mayor, the Ponce City Hall was built in 1842. De Vives trusted the design of City Hall to prominent architect Francisco Gil Capó.[15] The trees in Plaza Las Delicias are due to De Vives' direction.[16]
Second mayoral term (1844)
editVives also led the city as mayor from 1 January 1844 until his death on 24 November 1845.[17]
Legacy
editOne of Ponce's main thoroughfares (Calle Vives) is named after him. "The street was named by proclamation of the city council in 1863."[18]
See also
editFootnotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandia. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp.275-280.
- ^ Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
- ^ Teresa Abelló i Güell (1 January 1998). La resposta catalana a la crisi i la pèrdua colonial de 1898. Generalitat de Catalunya. ISBN 9788439345817.
- ^ Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Guillermo A. Baralt. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. Page 7. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Guillermo Baralt. Buena Vista: Life and work in a Puerto Rican hacienda. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. p. 5.
- ^ Guillermo Baralt.La Buena Vista, 1833-1904: Estancia de frutos menores, fabrica de harinas y hacienda cafetalera. 1988. Fideicomiso de Conservacion de Puerto Rico. p. 4. ISBN 9780962208300 ISBN 0962208302 OCLC 19377981
- ^ Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandia. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp.275-280.
- ^ See also, Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. p.26.
- ^ Guillermo Baralt. Buena Vista: Life and work in a Puerto Rican hacienda. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. p. 5.
- ^ Guillermo Baralt.La Buena Vista, 1833-1904: Estancia de frutos menores, fabrica de harinas y hacienda cafetalera. 1988. Fideicomiso de Conservacion de Puerto Rico. p. 4. ISBN 9780962208300 ISBN 0962208302 OCLC 19377981
- ^ Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Guillermo A. Baralt. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. Page 150. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ Buena Vista: Life and Work on a Puerto Rican Hacienda, 1833-1904. Guillermo A. Baralt.
- ^ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, Rafael J. Torres Torres, and Carlos Aneiro Perez. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce y sus Principales Lugares de Interés. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. 1st edition. 1991. p. 105.
- ^ Casa Alcaldia
- ^ Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Guillermo A. Baralt. Page 12.
- ^ Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
- ^ Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Page 81. Guillermo A. Baralt. Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico. 1988. Retrieved 13 July 2011.