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Santo Domingo — The Oldest City in a New World
Posted by admin on 01 23rd, 2009 | no responses
Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, was founded by Christopher Columbus’ brother, Bartholomew, and it is the oldest European city founded by Europeans in the New World. It was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World. Since then, Santo Domingo has been home to nobles and knights, soldiers, monks and […]