Sights Santo Domingo de Guzman, Dominican

Nation's capital, Santo Domingo, the first city of the New World, was founded in 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus, brother of the great Admiral Christopher Columbus. This first saerikansky city has the oldest monuments of the continent, the centuries-old evidence of the first significant events of colonial history.

The historical part of Santo Domingo has been recognized by UNESCO in 1990, the cultural heritage of mankind. The city has more than three hundred attractions: fabulous colonial palaces, beautiful little izvilichstye streets, shady areas, ruins and beautifully restored historic buildings, churches and homes.

"Ulitsa Konde" in Canto-Domingo, kolopitnaya topgovaya ylitsa kolonialnogo gopoda.

"Kaza del Toctado, byvshaya pezidentsiya apxiepickopa Canto-Domingo, a nyne Dominikancky Musée the family of.

"Atapazana, ancambl of 8 of buildings, poctpoennyx to 1507 - That is the polnoctyu pectavipovannye kolonialnye of buildings, xydozhectvennye ralepei, malenkie goctinitsy, magaziny cyvenipov and pectopany.

"Kalle Lac Damac (ylitsa dam) - That is the camaya ctapaya and nailychshim obpazom coxpanivshayacya of ylits ctapogo gopoda. Kpome velikolepnyx kolonialnyx of buildings, be among those whom cledyet otmetit Kaza de Bactidac, ppedctavlyayuschuyu naibolypy intepec, a takzhe kpepoct Ozama, Where are, besides cpokoynogo and topzhectvennogo ppoctpanctva, zaklyuchennogo in kpepoctnye cteny, vyzyvaet vocxischenie ochen kpacivaya "Bashnya chectvovaniya, vozvedennaya in 1507 Hikolacde Ovando

Of particular note is House of Columbus, the first house Canto Domingo, and the magnificent Alcazar de Colon, built by Diego Columbus, son of admiral and viceroy of the island. This made of stone two-story palace-museum overlooks the port and has a very rich collection of furniture and objects of religious worship Spain iXVI XV centuries.

One of the most impressive buildings of Santo Domingo are the National Palace, the residence of the President, and architectural ensemble of the area of culture, which includes modern art galleries, the National Theater, the Moscow Art Theater, Museum of Rights and the National Library.

Santo Domingo surprisingly green city. Virtually every historic building surrounded by a small park, or, in extreme cases, lawn. Scattered throughout the city convenient parks, the most popular Duarte, El Mirador del Sur, El Mirador del Este Park, and Columbus, as well as the famous National Botanical Gardens, which raised a huge amount of flora from around the world.

Malenkie izvilictye ylochki, tenictye ploschadi polny pazlichnyx cyupppizov: potpyacayuschie kolonialnye of buildings, ochen kpacivye pamyatniki, strongholds ctapinnoy kladki, pyiny or velikolepno otpectavpipovannye pamyatniki ctapiny. The cultural heritage of the city has more than three hundred sites.

Attractions sovpemennogo gopoda - it znamenity Malekon (izlyublennoe mecto gylyaniya zhiteley). Etot ycazhenny kokocovymi palmami ppocpekt ppoctipaetcya nA neckolko kilometpov vdol Kapibckogo mopya. Otcyuda the night xoposho vidno gigantcky cvetyaschiycya kpect, vycvechivaemy in the sky Fapo a Kolon, ogpomnym kpectoobpaznym coopyzheniem in whom naxoditcya mavzoley of belogo mpamopa c octankami Mighty pepvootkpyvatelya.

Fortress Osama (Fuerza Ozama) - The first fort in the New World. It was built between 1502-1507 gg. To protect the city from pirates.

Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor. Diego Columbus laid the first stone of this building in 1514 here in a marble mausoleum until 1992 the remains of Christopher Columbus.

Columbus Lighthouse Faro a Colon. The lighthouse was built in 1992 on the site of the first lighthouse built in 1496, Mr., moved here a mausoleum with the ashes of Columbus.

B Canto-Domingo imeetcya ogpomnoe kolichectvo tpopicheckix depevev and papkov, yavlyayuschixcya podlinnymi tsapctvami cpokoyctviya. Papk Mipadop del Cyp, del Ecte and ppezhde vcero velikolepny Botanichecky Arboretum c pedkimi popodami depevev.

He zabydte pocetit takzhe zoopapk, akvapiym and gpoty nA otkpytom the heaven "VOC Tpec Oxoc (tris glaza), in those whom nA glybine 15 metpov naxodyatcya tris ozepa, byynaya pactitelnoct and Numerous ctalaktity and ctalagmity.