Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Wiechers and the second or maternal family name is Pieretti.
Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti was a Puerto Rican architect from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was an expositor of the Neoclassicism and Art Nouveau architectural styles, doing most of his work in his hometown of Ponce. Today, Alfredo Wiechers' city residence, located in the Ponce Historic Zone and which he designed himself, is a museum, the Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña. After enriching his hometown city with some of the most architecturally exquisite buildings, he moved to Spain arguing political persecution by the authorities in the Island.
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Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti | |
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Born | 26 March 1881 |
Died | 15 July 1964[1] |
Resting place | Montjuïc Cemetery |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Alma mater | École Spéciale d'Architecture |
Known for | Engineering, Architect |
Notable work | Casa Serrallés, Oppenheimer House, Blasini Residence, Quinta Vendrell, Club Deportivo de Ponce, Logia Aurora, Club Deportivo de Damas, Teatro Habana (aka, Teatro Rivoli), Banco of Ponce, Hospital Santo Asilo de Damas, Casa Wiechers-Villaronga, Monumento a los heroes de El Polvorín |
Movement | Neoclassical architecture |
Spouse | Carmen Gilet[2][3] |
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