Columbus painting, Alcazar de Colon, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Portrait of Christopher Columbus from the painting of Diego Colon with his father Christopher Colombus, detail, oil painting, 1957, by Rafael Pellicer, 1906-63, in Diego Colon's office, in the Alcazar de Colon, or Columbus Alcazar, built 1510-12 in Gothic Mudejar style, under Diego Colon, son of Christopher Columbus, who was 4th Governor of the Indies, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building houses the Museo Alcazar de Diego Colon, displaying Gothic and Renaissance European art. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC18_DominicanRepublic_MC_229.JPG

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© Manuel Cohen

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Dominican Republic, Caribbean