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People near the monument. After Trujillo's assassination in 1961, the government changed the name of the monument to "Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración" (Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration). It is now dedicated to the heroes of the Dominican Restoration War, [2] fought from 1863 to 1865 against Dominican Loyalist and Spanish ...
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 Renaissance influences. It is the only known residence of a member of the Christopher Columbus family in the New World.
The Dominican historian Antonio Delmonte y Tejada, in his book History of Santo Domingo, published in 1852, expressed the idea of erecting a monument in honor of Columbus in Santo Domingo. [7] In 1914, the American, Pulliam William Ellis, began promoting a monumental beacon in the first city of the New World to the American press .
National Palace (Dominican Republic) The National Palace is a building in Santo Domingo , that houses the offices of the Executive Branch (Presidency and Vice Presidency) of the Dominican Republic. More selected pictures
National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic; P. Puerta del Conde This page was last edited on 27 April 2020, at 01:26 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
San Cristóbal and Santo Domingo Provinces, Dominican Republic: 2018 ii, iv (cultural) The site consists of four archaeological sites dating to the 16th-century containing the remnants of the oldest sugarcane mills in the Americas. [48] 6292 Cotubanamá National Park: La Altagracia and La Romana Provinces, Dominican Republic: 2018 i, ii, iii ...
Dominican Republic accepted the convention on February 12, 1985, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Dominican Republic has only one World Heritage Site, Colonial city of Santo Domingo , which was inscribed in 1990.
Historic sites in the Dominican Republic (4 C) M. Monuments and memorials in the Dominican Republic (2 C, 5 P) T. Towers in the Dominican Republic (2 C, 1 P)