Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library

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The Ponce Municipal Library, formally, Biblioteca Municipal Mariana Suárez de Longo (English: Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library), and also known as Biblioteca Publica de Ponce (English: Ponce Public Library), is the library system of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1870, it is the oldest public library in Puerto Rico.Lawrence S. Thompson and Jorge Rivera Ruiz. The Libraries of Puerto Rico. The Library Quarterly. Volume 16, Issue 3. Page 227. July–September, 1946. The system has its main library on Miguel Pou Boulevard, in barrio San Antón, in the city of Ponce, and seven satellite library branches, three in the city's urban area and four spread out in the municipality's rural areas. The main library inaugurated a new building on Bulevar Miguel Pou in August 2007,Junto con la Biblioteca Municipal: Proxima la Conclusion del Nuevo Archivo Historico. Jason Rodriguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 20–26 September 2006. Year 24. Issue 1190. pages 6-7. Accessed 18 April 2018.Junto con la Biblioteca Municipal: Proxima la Conclusion del Nuevo Archivo Historico. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. where the former Puerto Rico District Court building was located.Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 300, 341. The central library building on Bulevar Miguel Pou was designed by Ponce architect Juan Dalmau Sambolín.Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. Un hito en su tiempo: la fuente de agua subterránea de la Plaza Las Delicias. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 39. Issue 1993. 9–15 February 2022. pp.8-9. Archived. Read more on Wikipedia

type: library
date from: 1870
official website: http://bibliotecaponce.wordpress.com/

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