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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Colonial City of Santo Domingo' has mentioned 'Santo Domingo' in the following places:
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| Ciudad ColonialAerial view of Columbus Park in colonial district of Santo DomingoMap of Santo Domingo, 1873Ciudad ColonialMap of Santo Domingo, 1873Coordinates: 18xc2xb029xe2x80xb2N 69xc2xb055xe2x80xb2Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf18.483xc2xb0N 69.917xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 18.483; -69.917Coordinates: 18xc2xb029xe2x80xb2N 69xc2xb055xe2x80xb2Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf18.483xc2xb0N 69.917xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 18.483; -69.917CountryDominican RepublicProvinceDistrito NacionalCitySanto DomingoTime zoneUTC-4 UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameColonial City of Santo DomingoLocationSanto Domingo, Dominican RepublicIncludes Alcxc3xa1zar de Colxc3xb3n Puerta del Conde Fortaleza Ozama Monasterio de San Francisco Cathedral of Santa Marxc3xada la Menor CriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(ii), (iv), (vi)Reference526Inscription1990 (14th session)Area106xc2xa0ha (0.41xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) | WIKI |
| Ciudad Colonial (Spanish for "Colonial City") is the historic central neighborhood of Santo Domingo and the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. | WIKI |
| The first settlement of what is now Santo Domingo was established by Bartholomew Columbus on the East bank of the Ozama River near the end of the 15th century. | WIKI |
| Santo Domingo's fortifications were an important feature of the urban landscape. | WIKI |
| Santo Domingo was initially the political and cultural hub of Spanish presence in the new world, but after a few decades started to decline as the Spaniards focused their attention more on the mainland after conquering Mexico, Peru, and other regions of Latin America. | WIKI |
| The Ciudad Colonial is now the main tourist attraction of Santo Domingo, even though the main sites of governmental and commercial activity are now in other parts of the city. | WIKI |
| A 700 million US dollar investment was made in the Port of the Ozama river adjacent to the Ciudad Colonial aiming to turn Santo Domingo into a port of call for luxury cruise ships and including a privately owned marina. | WIKI |
| The project is being completed by Sans Soucxc3xad Ports S.A.[5] It is hoped that this ambitious project will boost the attraction of the Ciudad Colonial and the rest of Santo Domingo to international tourists. | WIKI |
| Colonial Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Streets View. | WIKI |
| Altar of the Nation, tombs of the founding fathers Basilica Cathedral of Santa Marxc3xada la Menor, First Cathedral of the Americas Casa de Rodrigo de Bastidas, once home to the prominent Bastidas family, now a children's museum (Museo Infantil) Casa del Cordxc3xb3n, built by the Garay family, perhaps the oldest still-erect stone building of the New World (1502) with a beautifully carved door frame in the form of a Franciscan friar's rope belt (cordxc3xb3n) Casa de la Moneda or House of the Currency, built in 1540 with a door surrounded by five sculpted medallions in the early Renaissance style, today houses a museum of colonial coins Casa of the Dxc3xa1vila Family (One of the 3 houses that makes Hodelpa Nicolas de Ovando Hotel) Casa de Nicolxc3xa1s de Ovando, today part of the Hodelpa Nicolas de Ovando Casa de Diego Caballero Casa de Campuzano Polanco, later Casa de los Presidentes, now Arzobispado de Santo Domingo Calle de los Nichos or del Arquillo chico, previously Calle del Mono in the XVI-XVII and Calle de los Polancos in the 18th century, today calle Pellerano Alfau, which is a pedestrian street. | WIKI |
| Casa de Alonso de Zuazo, governor of Santo Domingo, located in front of the Campuzano Polanco residence, today Auditorio del Arzobispado Casa de Hernxc3xa1n Cortxc3xa9s, thought to be the former house of Hernxc3xa1n Cortxc3xa9s, later became the residence of the Oviedo family. | WIKI |
| Casa del Sacramento, built by the Garay family, now Arzobispado de Santo Domingo Casa de "El Tapado", built by Dean Pedro Duque de Rivera in the middle of the 16th century. | WIKI |
| First permanent establishment of the xc2xabxc2xa0New Worldxc2xa0xc2xbb and capital of the West Indies,the Colonial City of Santo Domingo xe2x80x93 the only one of the 15th century in the Americas xe2x80x93 was the place of departure for the spread of European culture and the conquest of the continent. | UNESCO |
| Located at the mouth of the Ozama, on the south coast of Hispaniola Island, the Colonial City of Santo Domingo is the core from which Santo Domingo de Guzman, capital of the Dominican Republic, was founded. | UNESCO |
| It is also the first fortified city (fortress of Santo Domingo and its Torre del Homenaje) and the first headquarters of Spanish power in the New World. | UNESCO |
| With its monumental heritage ensemble and its Gothic buildings unique in this region of the continent, the Colonial City of Santo Domingo maintains in essence the structure, use and functions that have characterized the first constructions at the time of its foundation, preserving its integrity and authenticity. | UNESCO |
| Also, it is the Colonial City of Santo Domingo where the Dominican monk, Brother Antonio Montesino launched his appeal for the natural right of the natives, marking the beginning of the combat for the fundamental rights of mankind. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): The Colonial City of Santo Domingo has exercised a strong influence on the development of the cities of the Caribbean and the American continent. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The initial urban fabric of the City of Santo Domingo, the xc2xabxc2xa0Ovando modelxc2xa0xc2xbb is conserved intact, as much in the regularity of its grid layout adjusted here and there due to topographical imperatives, as the original width of its streets. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): Events of universal importance have seen the light of day in Santo Domingo: expeditions and conquests of new lands left from this point; the spread of evangelization and the first Leyes de Indias (Laws of the Indies) were proclaimed and enforced. | UNESCO |
| The Colonial City of Santo Domingo, surrounded by its walls, has preserved, almost unaltered, the extension of its territory, its grid layout and most of its architectural monumental structures. | UNESCO |
| Despite the pressures caused by property development, damage caused by hurricanes and earthquakes, the essential attributes upon which the functional and physical integrity of the City of Santo Domingo are based, are preserved. | UNESCO |
| The Colonial City of Santo Domingo has retained intact its original perimeter, conserving most of its walls and forts. | UNESCO |
| The protection of the Colonial city of Santo Domingo is ensured thanks to a vast number of nationally enforced laws and decrees, and through municipal standards and provisions that consolidate its overall vision and the preservation of its elements. | UNESCO |