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Monument. Designated. 1895. Reference no. RI-51-0000070. Location of Ruins of San Domingos in Spain. The ruins of San Domingos (Spanish and Galician: Ruínas de San Domingos) was a convent located in Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1895. [citation needed]
Alcázar de Colón. The Alcázar de Colón, or Columbus Alcazar, is the first fortified European palace built in the Americas. Located in the colonial area of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, it forms part of the Ciudad Colonial, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Constructed between 1510 and 1514, the palace is predominantly Gothic with ...
Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta (June 24, 1870 – January 11, 1933) was a Dominican sculptor, photographer, painter and educator.A prolific artist, he was one of the first successful multidisciplinary artists of the modern art era in the Dominican Republic and is considered to be one of the forerunners of Dominican sculpture, photography, and painting.
The Ozama Fortress (Spanish: Fortaleza Ozama), also formerly known as the city wall's Homage tower, is one of the surviving sections of the Walls of Santo Domingo, which is recognized by UNESCO as being the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas. [1] It was built between 1502-1508 [2] by the Spanish at the entrance to ...
The Dominican Restoration War or the Dominican War of Restoration (Spanish: Guerra de la Restauración, Guerra de Santo Domingo) was a guerrilla war between 1863 and 1865 in the Dominican Republic between nationalists and Spain, the latter of which had recolonized the country 17 years after its independence.
Ciudad Colonial (Spanish for "Colonial City") is the historic central neighborhood of the Dominican Republic 's capital Santo Domingo. It is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. The area has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. [1] It is also known as Zona Colonial (Colonial Zone) or more ...
The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo is dedicated to St. Mary of the Incarnation. It is the first and oldest cathedral in the Americas, [1] begun in 1504 and was completed in 1550. [2] It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Santo Domingo who has the honorary title of Primate of the Indies because this ...
Museo de las Casas Reales. The Museo de las Casas Reales (English: Museum of the Royal Houses) is one of the important cultural monuments built during the colonial era in Hispaniola, now the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Colonial district of Santo Domingo. It was the Palace of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, called then Edificio ...