It is also known as Zona Colonial (Colonial Zone) or more colloquially as "La Zona" (The Zone). The area has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. Where speakers use Kriol, we attempt to faithfully reproduce the quotes using a standard spelling system.Ciudad Colonial (Spanish for "Colonial City") is the historic central neighborhood of the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo. Viewers please note: This Internet newscast is a verbatim transcript of our evening television newscast. The population of Santo Domingo is two and a quarter million. For News Five, I am William Neal from Santo Domingo.” It’s a beautiful working history lesson and if you are willing to brave the heat, sweat in places that you never even knew existed, then of course you can spend all day exploring the twelve blocks. “There’s a lot more to see in Zona Colonial in Santo Domingo. Three generations of Columbus family living in the house and the house was built in 1512.” And Diego Columbus Plaza because three generations of Columbus lived in the house Bartolom ѐ Columbus, the brother Christopher Columbus and the son Diego Columbus, the husband of Maria de Toledo. “We call this area Espa ña Plaza beside Diego Columbus Palace, España plaza in honor of the Queen and King of Spain. It’s an Indian word that means “Still Water in Deep River”.
They don’t come here no more thanks to the military fort Fortaleza Ozama. That was one of the purposes why we built this military fort, to stop them from coming to the island to steal the gold and to stop the slavery. Which one was the bad news? That they make them slaves out there so that’s why most of the Indians who live in the island hang themselves to prevent the slavery. So when they come back to us they tell us the good news and the bad news. “The proposito about this military fort is to protect this area, especially to protect the cathedral from the pirates that drift from England and the privateers who used to come often to this area to steal the gold and to steal the Indians from the island to bring them back to Europe and make them slaves, give them hard work there. It allows you to have a panoramic view of the city that is breathtaking and also allows you to stop, perch and catch a breeze.” “For a scenic view of the city, that’s Santo Domingo Viejo ih Nuevo, the perfect stop is at Fortaleza Ozama, built between 15. I’m talking about in the whole America, the first cathedral in the Americas.” It becomes important, it becomes one of the most beautiful architectural monuments in the whole island. Five hundred years old, this has become important cathedral. That’s why it’s become important because everybody wants to get married inside because it’s the oldest one in the whole island, you understand. They have weddings, happy birthday, baptism. Beside that it’s become important because it’s the oldest cathedral in the whole country, the whole island and most of the important people in the island have ceremonies inside. “The Cathedral makes it special the first capital building by Alexander Geraldine.
It’s the same as the cathedral, five hundred years old, built in 1511 up to 1523.” Besides that, it has become important because it is part of the movement for Dominican Republic, three hundred years old, five hundred years old.
In the second trip he came to Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo to the Zona Colonial. He went by the north of the Island, Puerto Plata, La Isabela. Since 1492, Christopher Columbus ran into this island. “It is one of the prime cities in the new world.
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