On the right bank of the Río Ozama, the colonial district of Santo Domingo is dotted with historic monuments, handsome mansions and interesting museums along streets laid out according to a perpendicular plan that was to influence other cities in the..

Calle Las Damas was the first street in the New World to be paved and was named in tribute to the ladies-in-waiting of Doña María de Toledo, wife of Viceroy don Diego Colomb, who liked to walk here. It is lined with beautiful mansions, where the Span..

Santa María la Menor Cathedral, devoid of belfry and bell tower, is nonetheless a major illustration of Spanish Renaissance, whose façade is adorned with Plateresque, Moorish and Gothic motifs. The vaulted triple nave interior is home to, in addition..