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  • Living room with 19th century furniture in the Museo Casa de Tostado, built 14th century, one of the oldest houses in Santo Domingo, named after its first owner, Francisco Tostado de la Pena, scribe of the governor, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The house was originally a luxurious mansion, and now houses the Museo de la Familia Dominicana del siglo XIX, or Museum of the Dominican Family of the 19th Century. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museo Casa de Tostado, built 14th century, one of the oldest houses in Santo Domingo, named after its first owner, Francisco Tostado de la Pena, scribe of the governor, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The house was originally a luxurious mansion, and now houses the Museo de la Familia Dominicana del siglo XIX, or Museum of the Dominican Family of the 19th Century. On the corner is an Elizabethan Gothic window, the one one in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museo Casa de Tostado, built 14th century, one of the oldest houses in Santo Domingo, named after its first owner, Francisco Tostado de la Pena, scribe of the governor, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The house was originally a luxurious mansion, and now houses the Museo de la Familia Dominicana del siglo XIX, or Museum of the Dominican Family of the 19th Century. On the corner is an Elizabethan Gothic window, the one one in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apparition of the apostle James to the drowning pilgrims, painting on table, Flemish style, 15th century, 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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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian effigy vase with human face in clay, 825-1500 AD, donated by Gustavo Tavares Grieser, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shanty town along the banks of the river, in Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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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  • Sala de Audiencias of the Museo de las Casas Reales, or Museum of the Royal Houses, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1973 to celebrate the history and culture of the Spanish inhabitants of the colony, and is housed in a 16th century colonial palace originally serving as governor's office and Audiencia Real or Royal Court. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy vase in female anthropomorphic form, Taino culture, Precolumbian era, in the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cannons pointing out to sea at the Fortaleza San Felipe, or El Morro de San Felipe, a defensive fortress built 1564-77 to protect Puerto Plata from pirates, in Puerto Plata province, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. In 1983 the Museo de la Fortaleza San Felipe was opened here, containing military artefacts from the fort's history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the church in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mangroves in the Parque Nacional de los Haitises, or Los Haitises National Park, on the North East coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The park was established in 1976 and consists of limestone karst scenery, mountains, subtropical forest and mangrove forests along the coast. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boca de Nigua or Nigua sugar mill, 17th century, at San Gregorio de Nigua, near Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The mill was founded by Marquee De Aranda and later owned by Juan Bautista Ollarazaba, and was an important site for the sugar industry, with a mill, furnaces, boiling room, warehouse, guardhouse, distillery and Spanish colonial buildings. The mill is built in the style of the great Cuban and Haitian mills erected late 18th century. It was the site of the first slave rebellion 1796. Restoration began here in 1978 under Baez Lopez-Penha. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Casa Grande de Palave, or Ingenio de Palave, late 16th century colonial mansion owned by an important sugar refining family, in <br />
Palave, Manoguayabo, Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The site was used for the processing of sugar cane but has fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Casa Grande de Palave, or Ingenio de Palave, late 16th century colonial mansion owned by an important sugar refining family, in <br />
Palave, Manoguayabo, Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The site was used for the processing of sugar cane but has fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capilla del Cristo de la Agonia, or Chapel of Christ of Agony, built by order of Canon Diego Del Rio, d. 1558, with a stone dome decorated with garlands of fruits and leaves, and the funerary monument of Alejandro Geraldini, first bishop in Santo Domingo and initiator of the building works of the cathedral, in the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The cathedral is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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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  • Nave, with Gothic vaulted ceiling, of the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-88,<br />
copy of a painting by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, in the Museo de las Casas Reales, or Museum of the Royal Houses, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1973 to celebrate the history and culture of the Spanish inhabitants of the colony, and is housed in a 16th century colonial palace originally serving as governor's office and Audiencia Real or Royal Court. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, with Gothic vaulted ceiling, of the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, possibly the Annunciation, in the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fortaleza Ozama, or Ozama Fortress, a defensive castle built by the Spanish 1502-05 on the Ozama river, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The Torre del Homenaje or Tower of Homage is the tallest tower and served as a lookout. The fortress guards the entrance to the port. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South facade of the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. The bust is of Fernando Arturo de Merino, 1833-1906, who became archbishop here in 1885. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedras Letradas or inscribed stones, Taino petroglyphs and pictograms in the Valle de la Culata near Constanza, in the Parque Nacional Bermudez, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The petroglyphs are 1200-600 years old and were created by the chiefdom of Maguana which was ruled by the Caonabo chief. The area holds both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic petroglyphs and was probably a ceremonial site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian ceremonial anthropomorphic dagger, 350-1500 AD, donated by Gustavo Tavares Grieser, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian effigy vase in clay in form of crawling figure, 350-1500 AD, donated by Gustavo Tavares Grieser, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian monolithic stonecutter axe, 350-1500 AD, donated by Gustavo Tavares Grieser, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fortaleza San Luis, a fort built in the 19th century and site of several battles during the War of Restoration, and its clock tower, built late 19th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The fort is now a museum, the Museo de la Fortaleza San Luis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Catedral de Santiago Apostol, or Cathedral of St James the Apostle, rebuilt 1868-94 and consecrated in 1895, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petroglyphs on rocks along the Yuboa river, at a site used for ceremonies and rituals by the precolumbian Taino people, near Bonao in the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The carvings represent eyes in the form of masks, were created by the chiefdom of Maguana, and are 1500-500 years old. The rock art here, which is painted, drawn and carved, is thought to be related to birth, rain and fertility, and to the worship of the goddess Atabey, Mother of Waters in the Taino culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petroglyphs on rocks along the Yuboa river, at a site used for ceremonies and rituals by the precolumbian Taino people, near Bonao in the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The carvings represent eyes in the form of masks, were created by the chiefdom of Maguana, and are 1500-500 years old. The rock art here, which is painted, drawn and carved, is thought to be related to birth, rain and fertility, and to the worship of the goddess Atabey, Mother of Waters in the Taino culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mural depicting the revolt of slave workers at the sugar mill, on a wall at the Boca de Nigua or Nigua sugar mill, at San Gregorio de Nigua, near Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The mill was founded by Marquee De Aranda and later owned by Juan Bautista Ollarazaba, and was an important site for the sugar industry, with a mill, boiling room, and Spanish colonial buildings. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ermita San Lorenzo Martir, or hermitage of St Lawrence the Martyr, a Colonial Monument built 1605-06, in Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-88,<br />
detail, copy of a painting by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, in the Museo de las Casas Reales, or Museum of the Royal Houses, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1973 to celebrate the history and culture of the Spanish inhabitants of the colony, and is housed in a 16th century colonial palace originally serving as governor's office and Audiencia Real or Royal Court. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, 1713-59, copy of a painting by L M Van Loo, 1707-71, in the Museo de las Casas Reales, or Museum of the Royal Houses, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1973 to celebrate the history and culture of the Spanish inhabitants of the colony, and is housed in a 16th century colonial palace originally serving as governor's office and Audiencia Real or Royal Court. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercury, messenger to the gods, and Taurus, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sun, in the centre of the vault, decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs and Olympian gods, of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as the Zodiac Chapel, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vault, with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as the Zodiac Chapel,  built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Popemobile used by Pope John Paul II during his visit to the inauguration of the Lighthouse in 1992, now exhibited on the Esplanade of the Faro a Colon, or Columbus Lighthouse, a monument to Christopher Columbus designed by JL Gleave in 1931, and built 1986-92, in Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The concrete building is constructed in a cross shape, symbolising the christianisation of the region, and serves both as a museum and a mausoleum holding the remains of Columbus. 157 beams of light are emitted into the sky from the building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plaque on the monument inside the Faro a Colon, or Columbus Lighthouse, a monument to Christopher Columbus designed by JL Gleave in 1931, and built 1986-92, in Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The concrete building is constructed in a cross shape, symbolising the christianisation of the region, and serves both as a museum and a mausoleum holding the remains of Columbus. 157 beams of light are emitted into the sky from the building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted figures holding a shield, detail from the monument inside the Faro a Colon, or Columbus Lighthouse, a monument to Christopher Columbus designed by JL Gleave in 1931, and built 1986-92, in Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The concrete building is constructed in a cross shape, symbolising the christianisation of the region, and serves both as a museum and a mausoleum holding the remains of Columbus. 157 beams of light are emitted into the sky from the building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Calle Arzobispo Merino, a residential street named after Fernando Arturo de Merino, 1833-1906, Dominican ecclesiastic and politician, President of the Dominican Republic 1880-82, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. It was inaugurated in 1532 and became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. The facade displays Gothic, Baroque and Elizabethan Gothic styles, and was restored in Baroque style in 1746. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. It was inaugurated in 1532 and became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. The facade displays Gothic, Baroque and Elizabethan Gothic styles, and was restored in Baroque style in 1746. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail from the main facade, part of a cycle representing the seasons, on the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West facade in Plateresque style, of the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, on the Plaza de Colon in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. On the left is a bust of Pope John Paul II, commemorating his first visit to the Americas in 1979. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reception hall with mudejar style wooden ceiling, 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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  • Diego Colon's office, with a portrait of Diego Colon and Christopher Colombus, oil painting, 1957, by Rafael Pellicer, 1906-63, 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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  • Litter in the transport room of the Museo de las Casas Reales, or Museum of the Royal Houses, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1973 to celebrate the history and culture of the Spanish inhabitants of the colony, and is housed in a 16th century colonial palace originally serving as governor's office and Audiencia Real or Royal Court. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of indigenous people hunting a manatee for its meat and bones in a mangrove swamp, in the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Columbus confused this animal with a mermaid, calling it a sea cow in Montecristi in 1493. The manatees are now endangered and protected. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gemini, Mars or Ares, and Leo, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercury, messenger to the gods, and Taurus, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. It was inaugurated in 1532 and became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. The facade displays Gothic, Baroque and Elizabethan Gothic styles, and was restored in Baroque style in 1746. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mudejar style tiles from Triana in Spain on the walls of the Chapel of Santa Ana or the Bishop of Bastidas, built 1535-40 by Master Rodrigo de Liendo, by order of the Dean Rodrigo de Bastidas, in the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The cathedral is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of Alejandro Geraldini, first bishop in Santo Domingo and initiator of the building works of the cathedral, in the Capilla del Cristo de la Agonia, or Chapel of Christ of Agony, built by order of Canon Diego Del Rio, d. 1558, in the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The cathedral is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Discovery of the remains of Christopher Columbus in the Cathedral, painting, 1988, detail, by Juan Medina Ramirez, in the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tobacco plantation in Santiago province, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The thatched huts are used for drying the tobacco leaves. This region is famous for its production of tobacco and cigars, renowned as the best in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tobacco plantation in Santiago province, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The thatched huts are used for drying the tobacco leaves. This region is famous for its production of tobacco and cigars, renowned as the best in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tobacco plantation in Santiago province, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The thatched huts are used for drying the tobacco leaves. This region is famous for its production of tobacco and cigars, renowned as the best in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fortaleza San Felipe, or El Morro de San Felipe, a defensive fortress built 1564-77 to protect Puerto Plata from pirates, in Puerto Plata province, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. In 1983 the Museo de la Fortaleza San Felipe was opened here, containing military artefacts from the fort's history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crenelated tower and cannons at the Fortaleza San Felipe, or El Morro de San Felipe, a defensive fortress built 1564-77 to protect Puerto Plata from pirates, in Puerto Plata province, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. In 1983 the Museo de la Fortaleza San Felipe was opened here, containing military artefacts from the fort's history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lookout gap between crenelations at the Fortaleza San Felipe, or El Morro de San Felipe, a defensive fortress built 1564-77 to protect Puerto Plata from pirates, in Puerto Plata province, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. In 1983 the Museo de la Fortaleza San Felipe was opened here, containing military artefacts from the fort's history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Almacen Real or Royal Warehouse, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Casa del Almirante, or House of the Admiral, the only house owned by Christopher Columbus in the Americas, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. This is a 2 storey military building with lookout, low walls and a thatched roof. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian cemetery from colonial times, on a site originally used as a native burial ground, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing the first settlements of the Spanish on Hispaniola 1492-1508, in the museum, or Museo de la Isabela, in the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First printed map of the globe, 1507, by Martin Waldseemuller, 1470-1520, in the museum, or Museo de la Isabela, in the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of houses in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian cemetery from colonial times, on a site originally used as a native burial ground, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Beach with palm trees at Las Terrenas, on the North East coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coastal caves in the Parque Nacional de los Haitises, or Los Haitises National Park, on the North East coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The park was established in 1976 and consists of limestone karst scenery, mountains, subtropical forest and mangrove forests along the coast. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Islands in the Parque Nacional de los Haitises, or Los Haitises National Park, on the North East coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The park was established in 1976 and consists of limestone karst scenery, mountains, subtropical forest and mangrove forests along the coast. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian pictogram of sharks by the indigenous Tainos culture, in the Cueva de la Linea or Cueva del Ferrocaril, created by limestone erosion, in the Parque Nacional de los Haitises, or Los Haitises National Park, on the North East coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The paintings were made using berry juice, mangrove bark, charcoal, manatee grease and bat droppings. The park was established in 1976 and consists of limestone karst scenery, mountains, subtropical forest and mangrove forests along the coast. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palm trees on the road to the Mirador de la Ballenas, a viewpoint at Punta Balandra, near Samana, in the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. At this point on the coast there is an observatory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Swimming pool at the Bannister Hotel and Yacht Club, Samana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceremonial bowl used for storing hallucinogenic cohoba powder, which may have had an extension into which the inhaler was inserted, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceremonial mortar on which hallucinogenic cohoba powder was prepared, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trigonolite, a 3-pointed cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, found especially in the East of Hispaniola and thought to be related to rituals of manioc farming and rain, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of indigenous artefacts, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stamp made from clay with a geometric design, which was pressed against dye then on the bodies of the Taino people, to decorate their skin, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Dyes for the stamps were extracted from plants such as mixa, custard apple and mangrove. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of an indigenous canoe in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boca de Nigua or Nigua sugar mill, 17th century, at San Gregorio de Nigua, near Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The mill was founded by Marquee De Aranda and later owned by Juan Bautista Ollarazaba, and was an important site for the sugar industry, with a mill, furnaces, boiling room, warehouse, guardhouse, distillery and Spanish colonial buildings. The mill is built in the style of the great Cuban and Haitian mills erected late 18th century. It was the site of the first slave rebellion 1796. Restoration began here in 1978 under Baez Lopez-Penha. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boca de Nigua or Nigua sugar mill, 17th century, at San Gregorio de Nigua, near Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The mill was founded by Marquee De Aranda and later owned by Juan Bautista Ollarazaba, and was an important site for the sugar industry, with a mill, furnaces, boiling room, warehouse, guardhouse, distillery and Spanish colonial buildings. The mill is built in the style of the great Cuban and Haitian mills erected late 18th century. It was the site of the first slave rebellion 1796. Restoration began here in 1978 under Baez Lopez-Penha. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Furnaces at the Boca de Nigua or Nigua sugar mill, 17th century, at San Gregorio de Nigua, near Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The mill was founded by Marquee De Aranda and later owned by Juan Bautista Ollarazaba, and was an important site for the sugar industry, with a mill, furnaces, boiling room, warehouse, guardhouse, distillery and Spanish colonial buildings. The mill is built in the style of the great Cuban and Haitian mills erected late 18th century. It was the site of the first slave rebellion 1796. Restoration began here in 1978 under Baez Lopez-Penha. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boca de Nigua or Nigua sugar mill, 17th century, at San Gregorio de Nigua, near Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The mill was founded by Marquee De Aranda and later owned by Juan Bautista Ollarazaba, and was an important site for the sugar industry, with a mill, furnaces, boiling room, warehouse, guardhouse, distillery and Spanish colonial buildings. The mill is built in the style of the great Cuban and Haitian mills erected late 18th century. It was the site of the first slave rebellion 1796. Restoration began here in 1978 under Baez Lopez-Penha. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Ingenio de Diego Caballero sugar mill, originally owned by Don Diego Caballero de la Rosa, where sugar cane was processed using hydraulic power, at San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The site includes many colonial era buildings, including <br />
the mill, boiling house, ditches and furnaces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ermita San Gregorio Magno, a 17th century hermitage and sugar plantation chapel, part of the San Gregorio Magno sugar production complex and in the Nigua sugar mills area, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The chapel has one nave with a polygonal apse, buttresses and brickwork arches, and was restored in 1922. African slaves working on the plantation were converted here. It is now run as a parish church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Casa Grande de Palave, or Ingenio de Palave, late 16th century colonial mansion owned by an important sugar refining family, in <br />
Palave, Manoguayabo, Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The site was used for the processing of sugar cane but has fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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