Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Brief Description

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.

Dominican Republic

Distrito Nacional

N18 28 60 W69 55 0

Date of Inscription: 1990

Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)

Ref: 526

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