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It is also known as Zona Colonial (Colonial Zone) or more colloquially as "La Zona" (The Zone). The Ciudad Colonial is located on the west bank of the Ozama River , which bisects the city. It covers 1.06 km 2 (0.41 sq mi) bounded by a walled perimeter.
During the colonial period of the 15th century, various buildings were built on the island of Hispaniola, which were the first colonial houses in the entire American Continent. Within these residential constructions the Parque Colón was created, which was called by the name of Plaza Mayor de Santo Domingo, which dates back to 1506, and ...
Old colonial cannons in the Museo de las Casas Reales. The Museo de las Casas Reales (English: Museum of the Royal Houses) is one of the important cultural monuments built during the colonial era in Hispaniola, now the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Colonial district of Santo Domingo.
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 ...
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In the Zona Colonial is the Museum of Alcázar, in Diego Colon's palace, [40] the Museum of the Casas Reales, with artefacts of the colonial period and a collection of ancient weapons donated by Trujillo, [41] the Naval Museum of the Atarazanas, in the former naval yards, Museo de la Catedral, Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana ...
The statue in front of the building depicts Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, governor of the fortress from 1533 to 1557, and author of Historia General y Natural de las Indias. The statue was imported from Salamanca , Spain in 1977, and was made by the artist Joaquín Vaquero Turcio [ 4 ] [ 3 ]
The ruins of the Monastery of San Francisco include the ruins of the Chapel of la Tercera Orden de Garay or de María de Toledo. Through its tub, the water is distributed in all the pipes to the inhabitants of the Ciudad Colonial, it was even the first aqueduct in the city. Currently, these ruins are used for social and cultural events and are ...