Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Colonial City of Santo Domingo skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1990 som kulturarv i Dominican Republic. Platsen hör till regionen Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 1990.

UNESCOAfter 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.