Glossary

French: Ville coloniale de Saint-Domingue
The Colonial City of Santo Domingo is a World Heritage site in Dominican Republic defined by the UNESCO in 1990 and definitely a recommended cultural sightseeing location.
It is on position 357 (557, 198) in our monthly survey..

"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."
Copyright © 1992 2014 UNESCO/World Heritage Centre. All rights reserved."

Criteria:

(ii)(iv)(vi)

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