List of colonial buildings in Santo Domingo

This is a list of the preserved Colonial buildings in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas. According to UNESCO, the city is home to the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas and the headquarters of the first university in the Americas (Church and Convent of los Dominicos), it is home to the first European stone house in the Americas and probably the first two-story (Casa del Cordón), the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas (Walls of Santo Domingo), the first and oldest cathedral in the Americas (Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor), the first monastery in the New World (Monastery of San Francisco)

List

Churches
NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)Belonged to the religious orderNoteSourceLocation
Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor1504-1550GothicAlonso de Rodríguez, Luis de Moya, Rodrigo de Liendo and Alonso GonzálezIt is the first and oldest cathedral in the Americas[1]
General information
LocationBetween Calles Arzobispo Meriño and Isabela La Católica, next to Parque Colón
Coordinates18°28′23″N 69°53′02″W
Monastery of San Francisco (in ruins)1508-1560Nicolás de Ovando and Rodrigo de LiendoFranciscansIt was the first monastery in the New World[1]
General information
LocationCalle Hostos corner Emiliano Tejera, Ciudad Colonial
Coordinates18°28′37″N 69°53′08″W
Church and Convent of los Dominicos1510-1532Gothic, Isabelline Gothic, BaroqueCarmonese Antón and Alonso GutiérrezDominican OrderIt is the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, and also, it was the headquarters of the first university in the Americas[1][2]
General information
LocationPadre Billini Street
Coordinates18°28′17″N 69°53′07″W
Church of Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes1549-1616GothicOrder of Friars Minor Capuchin[3]
General information
LocationCalle Mercedes corner with Calle José Reyes, Ciudad Colonial.
Santa Bárbara Military Cathedral1562-1684Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance (Eclectic)
General information
LocationCalle Isabel La Católica 307.
Chapel of la Tercera Orden Dominica1729Third Order of Saint Dominic[4]
General information
LocationCalle el Conde turn south on Hostos or Duarte. Go 2 blocks. In front of Parque Duarte on Calle Padre Billini.

Other notable buildings
NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)SourceNoteLocation
Casa del Cordón1502-1503Isabelline Gothic, Mudéjar[5][6][7]It was the first European stone house in the Americas and probably the first two-story
General information
LocationIsabel la Católica street with the corner Emiliano Tejera
Coordinates18°28′35″N 69°53′03″W
Palacio Consistorial1504-19th century (building)
1913 (the tower)		Neoclassical
General information
LocationCalle Arzobispo Meriño e/ El Conde, Ciudad Colonial
Archbishop's House1523 (building)
1931 (the two towers)		Spanish ColonialDiego Caballero[8][9][10]
General information
LocationIsabel la Católica Street #55 and the corner of Pellerano Alfau Street. It is located across from the cathedral.
House of the Five Medallions (currently houses a Numismatic Museum)1540Plateresque[11][12]
General information
LocationArzobispo Meriño Street Nº 358, between Las Mercedes Street and Emiliano Tejera
Coordinates18°28′34.5″N 69°53′06″W

References
  1. "Colonial City of Santo Domingo". UNESCO World Heritage Centre website.
  2. Relación de fray Tomás de la Torre, apud FRAY FRANCISCO XIMNEZ - Historia de la Provincia de San Vicente de Chiapa y Guatemala. Guatemala. Ignacio Larramendi Foundation. Madrid, Spain. 1929. pp. 272, 292 reprod: 112.
  3. "Historia Dominicana: la Iglesia Las Mercedes". Noticias SIN. April 2018.
  4. Ashley Harrell; Kevin Raub (2017). Lonely Planet Dominican Republic Travel Guide. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1787011885.
  5. Emilio Gómez Piñol (2003). Sevilla y los orígenes del arte hispanoamericano. University of Seville. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9788447201426.
  6. "Casa del Cordón". Lonely Planet.
  7. Amy Adejokun. "Discover La Casa del Cordon". easyvoyage.co.uk.
  8. Emilio José Brea (2006). Santo Domingo, an architectural guide. Regional Government of Andalusia. ISBN 9788480954471.
  9. Pedro Julio Santiago (1992). Santo Domingo colonial: guia monumental. Michigan, United States: Mundilibro, S.A. ISBN 8430529535.
  10. Luis E. Alemar (1943). Santo Domingo, Ciudad Trujillo: historical notes of the very noble and very loyal city of Santo Domingo, primate of America and the favorite of the colonizers. History of its streets, squares and avenues, the origin of its old and modern names and its traditions, as well as its main public and private buildings. Editorial El Diario.
  11. Gonzalo Anes Alvarez; Guillermo Céspedes (1996). Las casas de moneda en los reinos de Indias: Las cecas indianas en 1536-1825. Museo Casa de la Moneda. ISBN 9788489157071.
  12. "Casa de la Moneda, Santo Domingo".
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