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streets. The main structure is made of thick concrete masonry walls with wooden beams that support a flat brick roof. The wooden window designs became a typeface and inspiration for other private residences that were built afterwards in Yauco and beyond. The house is notable for the integration of
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The Cesari manor house is the largest urban property in downtown Yauco and is widely seen as an architectural landmark of the
Corsican community of Yauco and Puerto Rico. The house was one of the earliest in Puerto Rico to be designed with a cast-iron girder and brick roof style. Its designer was
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various types of traditional construction techniques of time while also importing new techniques foreign in Puerto Rico at the time such as the use of forged cast iron in both the structural and ornamentation systems of the building. The cast iron was built and imported from the
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and has been under constant repair ever since. The structure along with numerous others have been declared endangered in the earthquake aftermath by the municipal government. In 2023 the historic center of Yauco was declared a historic district by the
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and the town parish church, it became a historic and architectural landmark of the town. The building has functioned as a private residence, public and private offices and restaurants throughout its existence. It was greatly affected by the
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descent who studied architecture in Paris. He later became famous for his opposition to the
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was raised in the island. Mattei
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