The city of Santo Domingo has enchanted visitors since it was established as the first European city in the New World in 1496, serving as a hub for Spanish exploration and colonization. Now the ...

Partially barricaded by stone walls, accented with baroque architecture and lying on cobblestone streets, Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial marks the area where Columbus settled in the New World ...

33 COM 7B.135 Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (C 526) The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC-09/33.COM/7B,. 2. Recalling Decision 31 COM 7B.125, adopted at ...