Colonial City of Santo Domingo World Heritage Site

Official name

Colonial City of Santo Domingo | UNESCO

Country

Dominican Republic | Map

Continent

North America

Location

Distrito Nacional
18.4723° Lat, -69.8858° Lon | Map

Code

526

Time Zone

America/Santo_Domingo (AST, -0400)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1990. After Christopher Columbus's arrival on the island in 1492, Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas. This colonial town, founded in 1498, was laid out on a grid pattern that became the model for almost all town planners in the New World.