| 词条 | Parque de la Abolición |
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| name = Parque de la Abolición | photo = | photo_width = 300 | photo_caption = Parque de la Abolicion in Ponce, Puerto Rico, looking west | type = Urban park | location = Ponce, Puerto Rico | coords = | area = | created = 1874 (created)[1][2] 1890s (opened)[3][4] 1956 (renovated)[5] | operator = Government of the Municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico | visitation_num = | status = | open = 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entrance free. Closed on legal holidays, except for scheduled events. }} Parque de la Abolición (English: Abolition Park) is a city park in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is the only park in the Caribbean dedicated to commemorating the abolition of slavery.[6] It was built in 1874 and renovated in 1956. BackgroundSlaves were brought to Puerto Rico from Africa, starting in the early 16th century and lasting through the 19th century, to replace the local Indian slaves who had been decimated.[7] The new slaves worked the coffee, sugar cane, and gold mining industries in Puerto Rico. During the 18th century, as gold mining ceased to be one of the major industries in Puerto Rico, slaves worked mostly in coffee plantations and sugar cane fields. By a royal proclamation of Spain slavery was abolished on 22 March 1873.[8] HistoryIn 1874, a year after the abolition of slavery, a group of citizens built a small park in memory of the historic event. In 1880 Olimpio Otero, Juan Mayoral Barnés, and Román Baldorioty de Castro were instrumental in creating the concept for a park dedicated to the commemorating the abolition of slavery, the only such memorial in the Caribbean.[9] Juan Mayoral Barnés brought the idea for the creation of the park to the Ponce Municipal Assembly on 14 March 1880. It was unanimously approved by the Assembly, ratified by the Central Government, and confirmed by Royal Decree on 1 March 1881.[10] The park was built and opened in the 1890s. It had swing sets for children, a fountain with colorful fish, and a roller coaster.[11] On 6 May 1956,[12] under the administration of Ponce mayor Andrés Grillasca Salas, the roller coaster, swing sets and fish pond were removed, and replace with the current Concha Acústica amphiteater. The statue of the freed slave was added at the base of the obelisk.[13] The sculpture of the freed slave is a work of Victor Colt.[14] Also in 1956, the park's Concha Acústica opened.[15] Location and featuresThe park is located on Avenida Hostos at the fork of Salud Street and Marina Street, immediately north of the 100-foot high Monumento a la abolición de la esclavitud. It sits across from the Darlington Building, Ponce's first multi-story building, which was completed in 1952.[16] The park features a grassy green area with trees and masonry benches as well as two monuments to commemorate the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico: a monument depicting a black male slave with broken chains depicting he is a free man, and a 100-foot high obelisk, Monumento a la abolición de la esclavitud, which rises just behind the black iron sculpture of the freed slave to accentuates and give instance to the occasion. Between the green area of the park and the two monuments is the outdoors acoustic amphitheater known as La Concha Acustica (English: The Acoustic Shell) which completes the park in its triangular city block. After almost 70 years of use with only minor maintenance, the park was renovated in 1956 by Francisco Porrata Doria, an architect from Ponce.[17][18] See also
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References1. ^Tourist Attractions: Enjoy Ponce, Southern Experience. Brochure. Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Office of Tourism Development. August 2010. {{coord|18|00|22.7874|N|66|36|45.7914|W|region:PR|display=title}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Parque de la Abolicion}}2. ^Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. By Dr. Eduardo Neumann. 1913. (In Spanish) Reprinted by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (1987)Pages 99-100. 3. ^Parque de la Abolición - Commemorating the End of an Era. NewMedia Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 26 February 2012. 4. ^Parque y Obelisco de la abolición de la esclavitud y concha acústica. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305181320/http://www.visitponce.com/walkingTour2.aspx |date=2012-03-05 }} Ponce, Ciudad Señorial: Walking Tour. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Retrieved 26 February 2012. 5. ^Ponce: Informacion para estudiantes. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051315/http://www.visitaaponce.com/docs/SP/INFO%20DE%20PONCE-%20ESTUDIANTES.pdf |date=2012-04-25 }} Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 14 December 2011. 6. ^Parque de la Abolición - Commemorating the End of an Era. NewMedia Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 26 February 2012. 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/gsp/colonial/puerto-rico/index.html |title=Puerto Rico | Colonial Genocides | Genocide Studies Program |publisher=Yale University|date= |accessdate=2012-02-25}} 8. ^Armando Torres Leon. Los Municipios de Puerto Rico y Su Historia y Su Cultura: PONCE, La Perla del Sur. Santurce, Puerto Rico: Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico. Programa Regular de Educación. Programa Editorial. Celeste Benitez, Secretaria de Educación. 1992. p. 98. 9. ^Parque de la Abolición - Commemorating the End of an Era. NewMedia Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 26 February 2012. 10. ^Eduardo Neumann. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. (In Spanish) Reprinted by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (1987). pp. 99-100. 11. ^Armando Torres Leon. Los Municipios de Puerto Rico y Su Historia y Su Cultura: PONCE, La Perla del Sur. Santurce, Puerto Rico: Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico. Programa Regular de Educación. Programa Editorial. Celeste Benitez, Secretaria de Educación. 1992. p. 98. 12. ^Armando Torres Leon. Los Municipios de Puerto Rico y Su Historia y Su Cultura: PONCE, La Perla del Sur. Santurce, Puerto Rico: Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico. Programa Regular de Educación. Programa Editorial. Celeste Benitez, Secretaria de Educación. 1992. p. 98. 13. ^Parque y Obelisco de la abolición de la esclavitud y concha acústica. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305181320/http://www.visitponce.com/walkingTour2.aspx |date=2012-03-05 }} Ponce, Ciudad Señorial: Walking Tour. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Retrieved 26 February 2012. 14. ^Tourist Attractions: Enjoy Ponce, Southern Experience. Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Office of Tourism Development. August 2010. 15. ^Informacion sobre Ponce - Para Estudiantes.{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ponce Municipal Government. Retrieved 1 April 2014. 16. ^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. 54. 17. ^Brochure titled Tourist Attractions: Enjoy Ponce, Southern Experience. Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Office of Tourism Development. August 2010. 18. ^Recreacion. Oficina de Fomento Turístico. Municipio Autónomo de Ponce. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2014. 9 : Buildings and structures in Ponce, Puerto Rico|History of Puerto Rico|Tourist attractions in Ponce, Puerto Rico|Buildings and structures completed in 1956|1956 establishments in Puerto Rico|Urban public parks|Parks in Ponce, Puerto Rico|Music venues in Puerto Rico|1890 establishments in Puerto Rico |
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