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The Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña (Museum of Ponce Architecture) is an architectural museum housed in the Casa Wiechers-Villaronga, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is about the architectural styles and architectural history of Ponce and Puerto Rico. The Casa Wiechers-Villaronga was acquired and restored by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. The museum is located in the Ponce Historic Zone. The historic house was designed and built in 1912 by Alfredo B. Wiechers.〔 and (''Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 1984'' )〕 The house that is home to this architecture museum is itself an example of the architectural history of the city. The museum is housed at the historic Casa Wiechers-Villaronga. ==History== In 1912, architect Alfredo B. Wiechers built the Wiechers-Villaronga Residence for his own residence and studio. From 1911 to 1918, Wiechers was commissioned with various important buildings in Ponce, such as the Logia Aurora, Club Deportivo de Damas, the Teatro Habana, Banco of Ponce building, and Santo Asilo de Damas Hospital among others, where he fully expressed the European Neo-Classical style which he had learned from European training.〔 In 1919, feeling political persecution from the American invaders, Mr. Wiechers sold the house to Mr. Gabriel Villaronga and moved to his native France. Many generations of Villarongas lived the house through the twentieth century. In the early 1990s, and in order to establish the Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña, the house was acquired and restored by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP).〔(Restored by the ICP )〕 In 1996, the museum opened as the home of the ''Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña y Planeacion Urbana'' (Ponce Architecture and Urban Planning Museum). The goal was to showcase Ponce's rich architectural heritage.〔(Now the Museum of Architecture )〕〔(Ponce Museum of Architecture )〕〔(Explore Puerto Rico By Harry S. Pariser. Page 243 )〕〔(A gem of a bygone era )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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