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A man by the last name Martínez, the first owner of the La Barra hotel, La Posta del Cangrejo, convinced the then Uruguayan president Eduardo Víctor Haedo to build a bridge linking that town with Punta del Este. Historically, there has been two bridges built at the same crossing of the Maldonado River which each failed due to natural disasters.
This article provides a collection of the mottos of the provinces of the Dominican Republic. Province Motto Translated Azua "La Atenas del Sur" "The Athens of the South" Bahoruco "Tierra del Lago Enriquillo" "Land of the Lake Enriquillo " Barahona "La Perla del Sur" "The Pearl of the South" Dajabón "Puerta de la Española" "Gate of the Hispaniola " Distrito Nacional "la Ciudad Primada de las ...
La Romana was elevated to the category of province in 1944. La Romana is also home to Casa de Campo, one of the world's largest resorts and top golfing destinations, including the Teeth of the Dog golf course. Many international and local artists perform at "Altos de Chavón", an artistic community and university.
Located in north-central Dominican Republic (Cibao), it is bordered by the provinces of La Vega to the south, Santiago and Puerto Plata to the west, and María Trinidad Sánchez to the north-east. The province has a coastline to the north with the Atlantic Ocean.
General Rafael Ureña Tiburcio - General de combate, Héroe de la fuerza aérea dominicana. General Norberto Tiburcio - General de Brigada, Héroe de la Restauración. General José Durán - General de Brigada, Héroe de la Restauración. Obdulio Jiménez (Don Lulo) - Empresario y Pionero de la industria energética local.
Statues of the three founding fathers. From left to right: Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Juan Pablo Duarte and Matías Ramón Mella. La Trinitaria (Spanish: [la tɾiniˈtaɾja], The Trinity) was a secret society founded in 1838 in what today is known as Arzobispo Nouel Street, across from the "Del Carmen's Church" in the then occupied Santo Domingo, the current capital of the Dominican Republic.
Saona has pre-Columbian pictographs and petroglyphs found at Cueva de Cotubanamá. [4] The island was known as "Adamanay" by the indigenous Taino. [5] The island was baptized "Saona" by Christopher Columbus, who landed on it in May 1494 [6] during his second voyage to the Americas. Columbus named Michele da Cuneo the first governor of the ...
The country boasts one of the ten most important design schools in the region, La Escuela de Diseño de Altos de Chavón, which is making the country a key player in the world of fashion and design. World-famous fashion designer Oscar de la Renta was born in the Dominican Republic in 1932 and became a US citizen in 1971.