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El Caribe (Santo Domingo) Diario Libre (Santo Domingo) – free newspaper; Dominican Today; Listín Diario (Santo Domingo) – oldest newspaper in the Dominican Republic; El Nacional (Santo Domingo) – afternoon newspaper
Santo Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [7]
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez) is an open-air multi-purpose stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.Opened in 1974 for the XII Central American & Caribbean Games and renovated 2003 Pan American Games is the largest stadium in the Dominican Republic used mostly for football and track and field and as a music venue.
The Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto is an 8,337-seat multi-purpose arena in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, built in 1974 for the XII Central American and Caribbean Games. It currently hosts local sporting events and concerts and held the basketball games during the 2003 Pan American Games .
José Sesin Abinader, the grandfather of Luis Abinader (April 1945) Abinader was born in Santo Domingo on 12 July 1967. His parents were born in Santiago in the northern region of the country: his mother, Rosa Ramona Sulina "Sula" Corona Caba, [8] is from a family of mostly colonial Spanish origin; most of her ancestors hail from San José de las Matas. [9]
Miramar is a sector or neighborhood in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic. This neighborhood is in particular populated by individuals from the upper middle class.
First held in 1997 featuring pianists such as André Watts and José Feghali, the Santo Domingo Music Festival is hosted biennially at the National Theater. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On 16 August 2024, the Eduardo Brito National Theater was the venue of the swearing-in ceremony for President Luis Abinader , attended by 17 heads of state and other ...
Santo Domingo was initially the political and cultural hub of Spanish presence in the new world, but after a few decades started to decline as the Spaniards focused their attention more on the mainland after conquering Mexico, Peru, and other regions of Latin America. Ciudad Colonial nevertheless remained an important historical site.