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22-472: The Ciudad Colonial is located on the west bank of the Ozama River , which bisects the city. It covers 1.06 km (0.41 sq mi) bounded by a walled perimeter. It is an important section of the city due to the high number of landmarks, including Alcázar de Colón , Fortaleza Ozama , Catedral de Santa María la Menor , and others. The area is the main tourist attraction of Santo Domingo, even though

44-685: A building said to have been the house of Hernán Cortés ; the Casa de Ovando, said to be the former residence of Governor Nicolás de Ovando and now a luxury hotel called Hodelpa Nicolas de Ovando ; the National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic ; and the Museo de las Casas Reales , in the former governors' palace and Audiencia building. Calle del Conde is a pedestrian-only street that includes several notable commercial buildings of

66-592: A late-19th-century bronze statue of Christopher Columbus in its center. East of Parque Colón, the cobblestone Calle Las Damas is the New World's oldest paved street, dating from 1502. The street is bordered by many of the zone's more prominent landmarks, including Fortaleza Ozama , the site of major events in Dominican history; Casa de Bastidas, which now houses a children's museum; the French Embassy, in

88-576: A museum) and a number of small shops and restaurants. This area was one of the first commercial centers in the Americas, and is still a hub of activity today. The Alcázar de Colón , having once been the colonial palace of the Columbus family—beginning with his son Diego —is now a museum displaying period furniture and decorations. The building was originally built in 1510, and restored to its current appearance in 1952. A 700 million US dollar investment

110-579: A river in the Dominican Republic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo The Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo was the first court of the Spanish crown in America. It was created by Ferdinand V of Castile in his decree of 1511, but due to disagreements between the governor of Hispaniola , Diego Colon and the Crown, it was not implemented until it

132-884: Is a river in the Dominican Republic . It rises in the Loma Siete Cabezas mountain in the Sierra de Yamasá mountain range, close to the town of Villa Altagracia . In 1498, Bartolome Colon had a fort built on the Ozama River delta, which would later become the first permanent European settlement in the New World ( Santo Domingo ). The estuary at that time, "teemed with fish and where the Indians raised cassava and yams," according to Floyd. The river flows 148 kilometers (92 mi) before emptying into

154-633: Is heavily polluted. It is constantly affected by the slums on its shores and the factories that dump their waste into it. It is one of the main causes of pollution on the coastline of Santo Domingo. In August 2020, The Ocean Cleanup organization deployed an Interceptor Original, one of their solar-powered, automated systems, to help combat the flow of plastics and trash into the Caribbean Sea. Port of Santo Domingo 18°28′00″N 69°53′00″W  /  18.4667°N 69.8833°W  / 18.4667; -69.8833 This article related to

176-840: The Caribbean Sea . At the end of the journey it bisects the capital, Santo Domingo , into eastern and western halves. The three main tributaries of the Ozama are the Isabela River , the Sabita River and the Yabacao River . The Ozama's basin is the fourth largest in the Dominican Republic. The river has several tributaries, with a combined area of 2,706 square kilometers (1,045 sq mi). The river basin has an annual precipitation of 1,400 mm (55 in) to 2,250 mm (89 in) per year. The Ozama River

198-508: The Puerta del Conde ("Gate of the Count") is named after. The defensive wall was modified during this episode. Prior to the invasion, there was a fort at the site where the Puerta del Conde is today, Fuerte San Genaro. It is believed that the modification that occurred after the siege involved the expansion of the wall to the fort, effectively creating a bastion , El Baluarte del Conde . In

220-739: The Caribbean and most of its mainland coasts . This combined with the judicial oversight that the audiencia judges had over the region meant that the Santo Domingo Audiencia was the principal political entity of this region during the colonial period . Law II ("That in the City of Santo Domingo in Hispaniola reside the Royal Audiencia and Chancellory, and of its Ministers, District and Jurisdiction") of Title XV ("Of

242-693: The Royal Audiencias and Chancellories of the Indies") of Book II of the Recopilación de Leyes de las Indias of 1680—which compiles the decrees of September 14, 1526; June 4, 1527; April 19, 1583; October 30, 1591, and February 17, 1620—describes the limits and functions of the Audiencia . The Audiencia of Santo Domingo maintained judicial oversight of Caracas Province , except for two short periods from 1717 to 1723 and 1739 to 1742, until

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264-518: The Spaniards during the colonial era, which together form more than 300 historical sites in the area; these include various monuments of cultural and historical character, as well as houses of great figures of the society of that time, but it can not fail to mention important streets, such as the Las Damas street. Some of these are: Ozama River The Ozama River ( Spanish : Río Ozama )

286-404: The city until the late 19th century. The Spaniards used this settlement as the first point of influence in the Americas, from which they conquered other Caribbean islands and much of the mainland of the Americas. Santo Domingo was initially the political and cultural hub of Spanish presence in the new world, but after a few decades started to decline as the Spaniards focused their attention more on

308-511: The early 20th century and connects Parque Colon with the Puerta del Conde and Parque Independencia. Another traditional commercial district is the portion of Avenida Duarte just north of the Zona Colonial, which is currently undergoing a renovation plan that aims to make the area more appealing to tourists . On the north end of Calle Las Damas, the restored and expanded Plaza de España is bordered by Las Atarazanas (former naval yard, now

330-498: The establishment of the Audiencia of Caracas in 1786. It also oversaw the provinces of Maracaibo , Margarita , Cumaná ( New Andalusia ), Guyana , Barinas and Trinidad , (which had been transferred to the Audiencia of Bogotá in 1739) from 1777 to 1786, while plans for the new Real Audiencia of Caracas were finalized. The president of the Audiencia retained administrative oversight of Margarita, Cumaná and Caracas throughout

352-592: The late 19th century and early 20th century, the city started to expand beyond its old boundaries but the Ciudad Colonial remained the main hub of activity until the Trujillo era. Trujillo also presided over the restoration of major monuments, including the Alcázar de Colón in the early 1950s. The central public space of the district is Parque Colon , a square that borders the 16th-century Cathedral and has

374-532: The leadership of Nicolás de Ovando . Ovando and his successor Diego Colón presided over the first constructions of the Colonial City, many of which still exist today. Santo Domingo's fortifications were an important feature of the urban landscape. The defense wall ( muralla ) extended from the Ozama River to the Puerta del Conde , which was the entrance to the hinterland and the Western boundary of

396-507: The main sites of governmental and commercial activity are now in the more modern parts of the city . The first settlement of what is now Santo Domingo was established by Bartholomew Columbus on the East bank of the Ozama River near the end of the 15th century. After the 1502 hurricane that claimed Francisco de Bobadilla among its victims, however, the city was relocated on the West bank under

418-611: The mainland after conquering Mexico , Peru , and other regions of Latin America. Ciudad Colonial nevertheless remained an important historical site. In 1655, the Ciudad Colonial was submitted to a siege led by the English officers William Penn and Robert Venables . The 1655 invasion was thwarted by Spanish troops commanded by the Captain General of the Colony, Don Bernardino de Meneses y Bracamonte, Count of Peñalva, to whom

440-564: The majority of the colonial period. Because Spain ceded Hispaniola to France in the Peace of Basel of 1795, the Audiencia was transferred to Santa María del Puerto Príncipe (today Camagüey , Cuba ) by the royal decree of March 17, 1799. The new Audiencia was set up the following year and called the Real Audiencia of Puerto Príncipe. This Audiencia maintained jurisdiction over Cuba, Puerto Rico , Louisiana and Florida . In 1838

462-500: Was made in the Port of the Ozama river adjacent to the Ciudad Colonial aiming to turn Santo Domingo into a port of call for luxury cruise ships and including a privately owned marina. The project is being completed by Sans Soucí Ports S.A. It is hoped that this ambitious project will boost the attraction of the Ciudad Colonial and the rest of Santo Domingo to international tourists. In the Ciudad Colonial there are different places built by

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484-600: Was reestablished by Charles V in his decree of September 14, 1526. This audiencia would become part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain upon the creation of the latter two decades later. Nevertheless, the audiencia president was at the same time governor and captain general of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo , which granted him broad administrative powers and autonomy over the Spanish possessions of

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