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Catedral Primada de America, the first cathedral in the Americas, in Santo Domingo. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Nearly 500 years before the founding of Punta Cana, Christopher Columbus made ...

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. Visitors ...

The Dominican Republic's capital and largest city, Santo Domingo is the oldest city in the Americas. It was founded in 1498 and was Spain's first colonial headquarters in the New World. Today the ...

The Dominican Republic is so much more than a beach resort destination. Santo Domingo, the capital city, is one that should without a doubt be on travelers’ radars – especially the history lovers out ...