Description
Santo Domingo, originally as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital of the Dominican Republic. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River, on the southern coast of the island, 155 km southeast of Santiago.
Known for being the first permanent European settlement in America, and for being the first seat of the government of the Crown of Castile in the New World
La ciudad fue elegida Capital Americana de la Cultura en el 2010, ha sido sede de los Juegos Panamericanos del 2003, de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 1974 y de la serie del Caribe en varias ocasiones.
In Santo Domingo there are the first cathedral and the first castle in America; both located in the Colonial City, an area declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Thanks to this, the city, especially its Historic Center, receives approximately one million international visitors every year.
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