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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 .
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 .
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 ...
This article lists Forts and Gates that were constructed during Santo Domingo's colonial rule. Many of these forts were incorporated into a defensive wall that surrounded the Ciudad Colonial, effectively creating bastions along the wall.
There is a reproduction of the Barcelona monument (statue only) in mahogany wood, on top of building Les Amériques. [172] Madrid. Monument to Columbus, 1881–1885; Monumento al Descubrimiento de América, Jardines del Descubrimiento (1977) (Monument for the Discovery of America, Discovery Gardens) Maspalomas, Gran Canaria
Moreta Castillo, Américo "El Santo Domingo del Siglo XVIII a través del Libro Becerro". "CLIO" 74 (Santo Domingo, 2007) pp. 43–66. González Hernández, Julio Amable "Toponomía y Genealogía: La Ciudad Colonial (2 de 15)". "IDG" (Santo Domingo, 2007) Alemar, Luis "La Ciudad de Santo Domingo: Santo Domingo, Ciudad Trujillo". "Editora de ...
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 oldest existing cathedral in the Americas, [1] begun in 1504 and was completed in 1550, and the second constructed, after the Garðar Cathedral Ruins in Greenland. [2]
Altar de la Patria, or Altar of the Homeland, is a white marble mausoleum in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic that houses the remains of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic: Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, and Ramón Matías Mella, collectively known as Los Trinitarios.