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Puerto Plata Cultural Festival
Puerto Plata is a beautiful province located in the northern coast; this coast is also known as Costa de Ámbar (amber coast). It’s one of most ancient cities in Dominican Republic and a tourist destination that offers paradise places, 1st quality hotel and there are many national and international celebrations.
Continue reading...Taino Art Museum
29. December 2008
Taino Art Museum is an interesting exposition about objects and works of art that go back to pre-Columbian period. This museum emerges from the interest of exposing, protecting, preserving and spreading the cultural heritage of Dominican Republic, as well as enhancing the knowledge level about our origins and culture.
Continue reading...El Conde Pedestrian Street
29. December 2008
In Colonial City or Colonial Zone, you can find many buildings that go back to XVI Century. This zone is very visited by tourists who wish to know and picture the First City of the New World. Many of these buildings are in perfect state thanks to the care and follow up [...]
Continue reading...Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD)
29. December 2008
Santo Domingo has the first university created in America, the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), founded on October 28th 1538; it was created through the Bull In Apostolatus Culmine by the Pope Paulo III. UASD is an institution subject to governmental decisions of Dominican State; it is actually subsidized by the State [...]
Continue reading...Dominican Jazz
29. December 2008
Jazz, music known worldwide and considered the musicians’ music. This music style does not have exact background about it beginning but the first recordings go back to 1917; it was created in United States, New Orleans and it is an African American music. Jazz in Dominican Republic had its beginning in [...]
Continue reading...Altos de Chavón
29. December 2008
Altos de Chavón is 100 kms from Santo Domingo City, in the province of La Romana, the eastern zone of Dominican Republic. Altos de Chavón is a sort of Mediterranean village and it is called the artists’ town. It is worldwide known due to its architecture. Its construction started in 1976 and [...]
Continue reading...Columbus’s Palace Museum
29. December 2008
This museum is located in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo. This museum lodges the one-time Mr. Diego Columbus; house, son of the America’s discoverer, Christopher Columbus, in XVI Century. Columbus’ Palace Museum was constructed between 1510 and 1510. It was constructed on a place next to Ozama River shore; this [...]
Continue reading...National Natural History Museum
29. December 2008
The Natural History Museum is an interesting and fascinating place that captures the history and most important elements of nature of the Hispaniola Island and the world. The National Natural History Museum was inaugurated in 1882. In this museum you can appreciate the Dominican fauna and flora characteristics with endemic and [...]
Continue reading...Merengue
26. December 2008
It is the Dominican national dance and our folkloric dance. It’s a music style with a joyful tone; it has a mixture of musical instruments which turn it into a very contagious rhythm easy to dance. Merengue was born in el Cibao, the northern zone of Dominican Republic, specifically in Santiago de los [...]
Continue reading...Mirabal Sisters’ Museum
26. December 2008
Patria, Minerva and María Teresa Mirabal, symbols of fight on behalf of liberty and democracy, struggle models on behalf of Dominican country. They were exemplary women who marked the way of honor and hope. The patriot and fighters sisters from Ojo de Agua, a little town of Salcedo Municipality in Dominican [...]
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