The first cathedral built in the Americas was the site of Christopher Columbus's bones until they were discovered in 1877.

This imposing structure has been in use since the early 16th century and was used by Generalísimo Trujillo to imprison and torture his enemies in the 1950s.

This popular thoroughfare is home to luxury hotels and casinos as well as historic monuments and statues.

This convent is the site of the first university constructed in the Americas in 1538.

This gothic-style chapel stands in Santo Domingo's Colonial District.

This museum contains artifacts and other historical exhibits on Santo Domingo from 1492 to 1821.

The former house of Francisco de Tostado, the first native professor at the local university, has been transformed into the museum of the Dominican Family.

A quiet residential neighborhood that exudes a suburban atmosphere with its shaded trees and attractive middle-class homes.

A crowded downtown shopping strip.

One exhibit at this museum, which focuses on Dominican history, is dedicated to Generalísimo Trujillo and includes the car in which the dictator was assassinated.

This popular thoroughfare is home to luxury hotels and casinos as well as historic monuments and statues.

A 150-foot statue of Fray Antón de Montesinos, the priest who protested Spanish treatment of the natives.

A sculpture of a male figure next to the female La Obelisca constructed on the Malecón during Trujillo's reign.

Monumento al Pago de la Deuda Externa (External Loan Payment Monument)   This is NOT called La Obelisca, this is actually the monument that reminds Dominicans that for the first and only time the...

  The current National Palace, house of the Dominican Goverment has an image that captivates over the profile given by the modern architecture that projects the historical city of Santo Domingo. The...