This is a list of the preserved colonial buildings in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas; for this reason, according to the UNESCO, many buildings are the first of their kind in the Americas, for example is home to the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, the headquarters of the first university in the Americas or the first cathedral in the Americas, etc.

"Colonial City of Santo Domingo" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.

List

NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)Belonged to the religious orderNoteSourceLocation
Fortaleza Ozama1502-1508Homage tower of the WallsGómez Garcia de VarelaIt is one of the surviving sections of the Walls of Santo domingo, which is the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas.[1]
General information
LocationCalle Las Damas 1, Santo Domingo
Coordinates18°28′24″N 69°52′54″W / 18.47333°N 69.88167°W / 18.47333; -69.88167 (Fortaleza Ozama)
Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor1504-1550GothicAlonso de Rodríguez, Luis de Moya, Rodrigo de Liendo and Alonso GonzálezIt is the first and oldest cathedral in the Americas, excluding Greenland[1]
General information
LocationBetween Calles Arzobispo Meriño and Isabela La Católica, next to Parque Colón
Coordinates18°28′23″N 69°53′02″W / 18.47306°N 69.88389°W / 18.47306; -69.88389 (Cathedral of Santo Domingo)
Monastery of San Francisco (in ruins)1508-1560Nicolás de Ovando and Rodrigo de LiendoFranciscansIt was the first monastery in the New World[1]
General information
LocationCalle Hostos corner Emiliano Tejera, Ciudad Colonial
Coordinates18°28′37″N 69°53′08″W / 18.47694°N 69.88556°W / 18.47694; -69.88556 (Monastery of San Francisco)
Church and Convent of los Dominicos1510-1532Gothic, Isabelline Gothic, BaroqueCarmonese Antón and Alonso GutiérrezDominican OrderIt is the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, and also, it was the headquarters of the first university in the Americas[1][2]
General information
LocationPadre Billini Street
Coordinates18°28′17″N 69°53′07″W / 18.47139°N 69.88528°W / 18.47139; -69.88528 (Church and Convent of los Dominicos)
Regina Angelorum Convent Church1564Dominican OrderIt was the earliest nunnery church in the Dominican Republic
General information
LocationCalle Padre Billini corner with José Reyes. Ciudad Colonial. Santo Domingo
Coordinates18°28′17″N 69°53′07″W / 18.47139°N 69.88528°W / 18.47139; -69.88528 (Church and Convent of los Dominicos)
Palace of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo (now houses the Museum of the Casas Reales)1511the old Palace of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, it is the first (oldest) headquarters of Spanish power in the New World
General information
Locationon Calle Las Damas, corner Calle Las Mercedes on the south side of Plaza de España in the Colonial City
Church of Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes1549-1616Order of Friars Minor Capuchin[3]
General information
LocationCalle Mercedes corner with Calle José Reyes, Ciudad Colonial.
Santa Bárbara Military Cathedral1562-1684Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance (Eclectic)
General information
LocationCalle Isabel La Católica 307.
Chapel of la Tercera Orden Dominica1729Third Order of Saint Dominic[4]
General information
LocationCalle el Conde turn south on Hostos or Duarte. Go 2 blocks. In front of Parque Duarte on Calle Padre Billini.
Casa del Cordón1502-1503Isabelline Gothic, Mudéjar[5][6][7]It was the first European stone house in the Americas and probably the first two-story
General information
LocationIsabel la Católica street with the corner Emiliano Tejera
Coordinates18°28′35″N 69°53′03″W / 18.47639°N 69.88417°W / 18.47639; -69.88417 (Casa del Cordón)
Alcázar de Colón1510-1514Gothic, Renaissance[8]It is the only known residence of a member of the Christopher Columbus family in the New World, his first-born son Diego Columbus
General information
LocationPlaza de España, Calle La Atarazana
Coordinates18°28′39″N 69°52′58″W / 18.47750°N 69.88278°W / 18.47750; -69.88278 (Alcázar de Colón)
Palacio Consistorial1504-19th century (building)
1913 (the tower)		NeoclassicalIt was and still is the City Hall
General information
LocationCalle Arzobispo Meriño e/ El Conde, Ciudad Colonial
Puerta del Conde1543-1655It was the main gate of the City Walls of Santo Domingo
General information
Locationparque de la Independencia, in Santo Domingo
Coordinates18°28′17″N 69°53′30″W / 18.47139°N 69.89167°W / 18.47139; -69.89167 (Puerta del Conde)
Puerta Carlos III1797don Manuel González de TorresA gate of the City Walls
General information
LocationAt the entrance of the Fortaleza Ozama
Atarazanas Reales (now houses a Naval Museum)1509-1541A Royal Shipyards
General information
LocationAt north of the Alcázar de Colón, in Santo Domingo
Puerta de la Misericordia1543Rodrigo de LiendoA gate of the City Walls
General information
LocationCalle Palo Hincado corner with Arzobispo Portes. Ciudad Colonial
Casa de Bastidas1505Rodrigo de Bastidas
General information
LocationCalle Las Damas Nº 3, Ciudad Colonial
Archbishop's House1523 (building)
1931 (the two towers)		Spanish ColonialDiego Caballero[9][10][11]
General information
LocationIsabel la Católica Street #55 and the corner of Pellerano Alfau Street. It is located across from the cathedral.
Museo Casa de Tostado16th centuryEarliest Spanish ColonialFrancisco Tostado de la Peña
General information
LocationCalle Arzobispo Meriño corner with calle Padre Billini. Ciudad Colonial. Santo Domingo.
House of the Five Medallions (currently houses a Numismatic Museum)1540Plateresque[12][13]
General information
LocationArzobispo Meriño Street Nº 358, between Las Mercedes Street and Emiliano Tejera
Coordinates18°28′34.5″N 69°53′06″W / 18.476250°N 69.88500°W / 18.476250; -69.88500 (House of the Five Medallions)
Chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios1541Dávila family
General information
Locationat the end of Calle Las Damas, just before the esplanade of Plaza de España

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Colonial City of Santo Domingo". UNESCO World Heritage Centre website.
  2. ↑ Relación de fray Tomás de la Torre, apud FRAY FRANCISCO XIMNEZ - Historia de la Provincia de San Vicente de Chiapa y Guatemala. Guatemala. Madrid, Spain. 1929. pp. 272, 292 reprod: 112. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ "Historia Dominicana: la Iglesia Las Mercedes". Noticias SIN. April 2018.
  4. ↑ Ashley Harrell; Kevin Raub (2017). Lonely Planet Dominican Republic Travel Guide. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1787011885.
  5. ↑ Emilio Gómez Piñol (2003). Sevilla y los orígenes del arte hispanoamericano. University of Seville. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9788447201426.
  6. ↑ "Casa del Cordón". Lonely Planet.
  7. ↑ Amy Adejokun. "Discover La Casa del Cordon". easyvoyage.co.uk.
  8. ↑ Andrea Ragusa (11 May 2017). Cultural Heritage in a Comparative Approach: In the Name of Aphrodite. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-1443891868.
  9. ↑ Emilio José Brea (2006). Santo Domingo, an architectural guide. Regional Government of Andalusia. ISBN 9788480954471.
  10. ↑ Pedro Julio Santiago (1992). Santo Domingo colonial: guia monumental. Michigan, United States: Mundilibro, S.A. ISBN 8430529535.
  11. ↑ Luis E. Alemar (1943). Santo Domingo, Ciudad Trujillo: historical notes of the very noble and very loyal city of Santo Domingo, primate of America and the favorite of the colonizers. History of its streets, squares and avenues, the origin of its old and modern names and its traditions, as well as its main public and private buildings. Editorial El Diario.
  12. ↑ Gonzalo Anes Alvarez; Guillermo Céspedes (1996). Las casas de moneda en los reinos de Indias: Las cecas indianas en 1536-1825. Museo Casa de la Moneda. ISBN 9788489157071.
  13. ↑ "Casa de la Moneda, Santo Domingo".
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