Hospital San Nicolas de Bari, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

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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1503-52 16th century Americas arch architecture building Caribbean chapel Ciudad Colonial colonial Colonial Zone colony colour image day Dominican Republic exterior Greater Antilles heritage Hispaniola history horizontal hospital Hospital San Nicolas de Bari island nave New Spain New World North America North American outdoors outside Republica Dominicana ruined ruins Saint-Domingue Santo Domingo Santo Domingo de Guzman Spanish UNESCO UNESCO World Heritage Site Zona Colonial

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Dominican Republic, Caribbean