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2 unusual facts about Juan Bertoli Calderoni


Juan Bertoli Calderoni

Bertoli Calderoni 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.

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, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña, and the building currently housing the Centro Cultural de Ponce (Calle Cristina #70) among various other historic building.



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