UNESCO World Heritage · Dominican Republic
Colonial City of Santo Domingo
Cultural site · inscribed 1990
After Christopher Columbus's arrival on the island in 1492, Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas. This colonial town, founded in 1498, was laid out on a grid pattern that became the model for almost all town planners in the New World.
Summary from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Photo: Aerial view Ciudad Colonial Santo Domingo 09 2019 0067.jpg by Mariordo (Mario Durán & German Valverde), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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