Ruins of the Hospital San Nicolas de Bari, built 1503-52 under governor Don Nicolas de Ovando, the oldest hospital in the Americas, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building consisted of a central nave for worship and 2 hospital wards flanking it. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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