Santo Domingo is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas; for this reason, according to the UNESCO, many buildings are the first of their kind in the Americas, for example is home to the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, the headquarters of the first university in the Americas or the first cathedral in the Americas, etc.
"Colonial City of Santo Domingo" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.
18°28′34.5″N 69°53′06″W / 18.476250°N 69.88500°W / 18.476250; -69.88500 (House of the Five Medallions)
Chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
1541
Dávila family
General information
Location
at the end of Calle Las Damas, just before the esplanade of Plaza de España
References
^ a b c d"Colonial City of Santo Domingo". UNESCO World Heritage Centre website.
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^"Historia Dominicana: la Iglesia Las Mercedes". Noticias SIN. April 2018.
^Pedro Julio Santiago (1992). Santo Domingo colonial: guia monumental. Michigan, United States: Mundilibro, S.A. ISBN8430529535.
^Luis E. Alemar (1943). Santo Domingo, Ciudad Trujillo: historical notes of the very noble and very loyal city of Santo Domingo, primate of America and the favorite of the colonizers. History of its streets, squares and avenues, the origin of its old and modern names and its traditions, as well as its main public and private buildings. Editorial El Diario.
^Gonzalo Anes Alvarez; Guillermo Céspedes (1996). Las casas de moneda en los reinos de Indias: Las cecas indianas en 1536-1825. Museo Casa de la Moneda. ISBN9788489157071.