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Architect:
Francisco Luis Porrata
Doria
Style:
Romanesque and neo-Gothic
influences
Date of construction:
1928
Physical Address:
Marina Street
Construction materials:
Reinforced concrete
General Information:
This chapel built in 1928, was
donated by Carolina Rosaly y Capo
and her husband Joaquín Ferrán y
Lluís. It was originally the chapel for
the Damas Hospital, former Santo
Asilo de Las Señoras Damas de
Ponce, founded in 1863 and run by
the Servants of Mary order of nuns.
The hospital was located at the site of
the present day Dora Colón Clavell
Park. This Chapel is distinguished by
its delicate and almost filigree-like
architecture, its interior is bathed by
the gentle light that filters through its
stained glass windows, some of these
brought over from Spain and many
portray images related to the
religious order of Saint Vincent de
Paul. Some of the stained glass
windows have the signature of the
Union of Stained Glass Artists from
Irun, Spain that fabricated them.
The chapel as with many other
religious buildings in Ponce is the
work of architect Francisco Luis
Porrata Doria, at the back one can
appreciate one of its distinctive
elements, a sculptural spiral staircase
that leads up to the choir. This
chapel is also distinguished by the
fact that Vatican II Congress
celebrated there the first womens’
only congregation.