Tag Archives: old colonial city
Parque Colon - Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.
…the perfect spot to have a good meal in one of the welcoming, informal restaurants on El Conde Street, then enjoy an evening walk, smoke a fine Dominican grown, hand-rolled cigar, buy an ice cream, a fine Santo Domingo expresso, El Presidente beer, or Brugal Extra Viejo rum over ice.
Entrance - The First Cathedral of America
The First Cathedral of America in the Old Colonial City of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Photogaphed and stitched January, 2007. This image was deliberately color adjusted.
Catedral Primada de America - First Cathedral of America
The First Cathedral of the Americas, the birth place of “The New World” and western culture as we know it.
Palacio Consistoria Museo, Villa de Santo Domingo
The mural in these chambers depicts the important early developments of spanish christian settlement here and the eventual fate of the Taino indians who originally inhabited this place, the birthplace of the americas.
Old Colonial City - Santo Domingo Bell Tower
First pano of The Old Colonial Village, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. This view from bell tower atop the mayors office and overlooking the first cathedral of the americas as well as many other important historical monuments from the turn of the 14th century on.
