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Puerta del Conde, Ciudad Colonial. Puerta del Conde (The Count's Gate), was the only entrance to the north and the furthest boundary of the city until around the late 19th century. Puerta de la Atarazans; Puertas de San Diego, built by Alejandro de Fuenmayor in 1540 [2] Puerta de la Misericordia (Gates of Mercy)
Monuments bordering the square include the Catedral de Santa Maria la Menor, Santo Domingo's Palace, and the Palacio Borgella, which once hosted the Dominican Republic's Parliament. Calle del Conde, once the thriving commercial heart of Santo Domingo, starts from Parque Colón and runs to the Puerta del Conde .
Calle del Conde is a pedestrian-only street that includes several notable commercial buildings of the early 20th century and connects Parque Colon with the Puerta del Conde and Parque Independencia. Another traditional commercial district is the portion of Avenida Duarte just north of the Zona Colonial, which is currently undergoing a ...
Map of Colonial Santo Domingo from 1873. The red circle indicates the location of El Baluarte del Conde. La Puerta del Conde. La Puerta del Conde (The Count's Gate) was the main entrance to the fortified city of Santo Domingo (in present-day Dominican Republic), named to honor Governor Captain-General Bernardino de Meneses Bracamonte y Zapata, 1st Count of Peñalva, who during his tenure saved ...
Sports venues in Santo Domingo (7 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Santo Domingo" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Winner of the 1995 St. John's University Film and Video Student Competition: Best Film, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. It went on to win the Gold Plaque award for Student Film at the 1995 Chicago International Film Festival and was invited to the 1995 Telluride Film Festival section titled "Filmmakers of Tomorrow", sponsored ...
[2] Prior to being placed in the Altar de la Patria, the remains of the founding fathers were kept at Capilla de los Inmortales de la Catedral de Santo Domingo (Chapel of the Immortals of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo). From March 27, 1943, they were kept at La Puerta del Conde for 33 years, before they found their final resting place in the ...
The palace was inhabited by Columbus's first-born son, Diego Columbus, [1] [2] whose children Juana, Isabel, Luis, and Christopher were born there. Diego Columbus died in Spain in 1526, but his widow, María Álvarez de Toledo, remained at the palace until her death in 1549.