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On the photo you can see the ancient Cathedral of Santo Domingo in which the Great Admiral is burried. There is also a monument of Columbus who is pointing northward and a native Taino is climbing up to reach him. In this pose the Discoverer points the way to new discoveries and symbolizes the era in which Santo Domingo, the historic name of this island, was the capital of the Spanish Empire. Leave a Comment
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The lighthouse is an impressibe cross-shaped structure constructed for the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492. In the heart of the structure is a chapel containing the Columbus tomb, and, some say, his mortal remains (other locations, including the Cathedral of Seville, also claim to possess the explorer's remains.) At night, you can see the lighthouse from the colonial city, the powerful lights reflect a cross into the sky. Leave a Comment Address: Av. EspañaDirections: on the water side of Los Tres Ojos
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UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE SANTO DOMINGO The University of Saint Tomás of Aquino, today Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, was founded under the reign of Carlos I of Spain and V of Germany by the Bula in Apostolatus Culminate. Its shield, in the fourth upper left symbolizes the Imperial Eagle bicéfala of the Hapsburg family. In the fourth upper right the Professorship is found of Saint Tomás of Aquino, disciple of Saint Domingo of Guzmán, founder of the Order of the Dominicos. In the two lower rooms a greyhound appears maintaining a thea among its teeth that sets on fire the Earth Globe, with what symbolizes the vehement oratory of the Order of the Preachers. It tells the tradition that when the mother of Saint Domingo of Guzmán carried him its womb, she had a vision in which a dog appeared setting on fire the land. It is because of it, that when Saint Domingo founded the Order of the Preachers to fight the heresies of the albicenses, its members were called "Dominicanis", that means "Dog of the Lord". On the greyhound there are two branches of laurel and of palm intercross, that represent the triumph of the Order of the Preachers. On these, a star symbolizing a marks of birth that had Saint Domingo in the forehead. All these symbols are framed by the inscription: "Academy of Saint Tomás of Aquino in the Imperial Convent of the Island Hispaniola". Leave a Comment Address: Santo Dominigo
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