Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro

Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro in Barrio Segundo, Ponce, began as the city cemetery after leaders moved to replace an unhealthy older burial ground, with work funded by residents and the site inaugurated in 1843. Designed by Antonio Torruella and enlarged in 1864, it developed a neoclassical layout of walls, chapel, paths, niches, crypts, and mausoleums. After closing in 1915 and falling into severe decay, it was recovered around 1990 and converted in 1991 into Puerto Rico’s first and only national pantheon. Named for autonomist and abolitionist Román Baldorioty de Castro, it also serves as a museum, park, and cultural space honoring notable Puerto Rican figures.

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