Casa Rosita Serrallés

Casa Rosita Serrallés - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Casa Rosita Serrallés (Spanish for Rosita Serrallés Residence) is a historic building in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, located between the former Escuela Libre de Música Juan Morel Campos and the Museo de la Historia de Ponce, and immediately behind Teatro La Perla, on Calle Salud street.‘Dios nos dio una segunda oportunidad’. La Perla Del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 6 October 2010. Accessed 1 April 2018. It was built for one of the heirs of Juan Eugenio Serrallés Perez, son of businessman Juan Serrallés Colón, founder of Destilería Serrallés, and himself the CEO of the company that founded Ron Don Q. The building was purchased by the government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce in 2008 for its architectural, historic, and cultural value. As of February 2012, the building was being restored to convert it into an annex of the Museo de la Historia de Ponce to depict the 1985 Mameyes tragedy of barrio Portugues Urbano in Ponce. In 2014 it opened as "Museo de la Recordacion Barrio Mameyes" (Barrio Mameyes Memorial Museum) under Ponce mayor María Meléndez at Calle Salud 67.El Señorial TV - Desde el Museo de Mameyes. El Senorial. Government of the Municipality of Ponce. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016. It is also known as "Sala Memorial del Barrio Mameyes" as it operates as a part of the Museo de la Historia de Ponce.'La Perla del Sur: un destino completo.' Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

type: building
date from: 1926

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