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It was the Palace of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, called then Edificio de las Casas Reales, and it is the first (oldest) headquarters of Spanish power in the New World. [ 2 ] The building dates back to the sixteenth century, and was built to house the administrative offices of the Spanish colonies in the Americas , at the time any ...
Today the "Día de las Madres" is an unofficial holiday in Mexico held each year on 10 May, [140] the day on which it was first celebrated in Mexico. [ 141 ] In Mexico, to show affection and appreciation to the mother, it is traditional to start the celebration with the famous song "Las Mañanitas", either a cappella, with the help of a ...
Día de la Altagracia, or Altagracia Day, is a day commemorating the patronal image and protector of the people of the Dominican Republic. It is a feast day and annual public holiday on January 21. "Our Lady of Altagracia" is a portrait of the Virgin Mary painted in the 16th century. [1]
Created 1st Marquess of Las Carreras in 1862. Felipe Ribero y Lemoine (1797–1873) 20 July 1862 22 October 1863 1 year, 94 days Captain-General of Santo Domingo. Carlos de Vargas y Cerveto (1803–1879) 23 October 1863 30 March 1864 159 days José de la Gándara y Navarro (1820–1885) 31 March 1864 11 July 1865 1 year, 102 days
10 centimos, 1864-1885. The first coin worth one tenth of a peso was the 10 centimo coin of 1864-1888 issued under Queen Isabel II of Spain, followed by 10 centimos of 1880-1885 issued under King Alfonso XII. The latter obverse was inscribed 'Alfonso XII por La G(racia) de Dios' (Alfonso XII, by the Grace of God) and the year of minting.
The Comisión de Hacienda issued 50 and 200 pesos in 1865, whilst the Junta de Crédito introduced notes for 10 and 20 centavos that year, followed by 5 and 40 centavos in 1866 and 1, 2, 5 and 10 pesos in 1867. In 1862, the Spanish issued notes for 1 ⁄ 2, 2, 5, 15 and 25 pesos in the name of the Intendencia de Santo Domingo. The last ...
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First of all, the march of the Haitian and Dominican armies to the battlefields of Santiago and Azua, for example, was carried out in days without pause —its components came from Haiti, in the case of the former, and from San Francisco de Macorís, Moca, La Vega and San José de Las Matas and from El Seibo, in the case of the latter, so their ...