One of the first Spanish-style houses in the New World, this building now serves as a cultural center.

This multi-million-dollar lighthouse was built in 1992 to celebrate the 400 year anniversary of Columbus's landing in the Americas and is the site of the explorer's bones.

One of Santo Domingo's main gathering places, this plaza has a bronze statue of Columbus at its center.

This sixteenth-century mansion was built for Rodrigo de Bastidas, one of the most powerful men in the early days of the colonial era.

The ruins of the first New World monastery lie here, destroyed by two different earthquakes.

Still a vibrant part of town, this compact area contains many museums and other historic buildings documenting the Caribbean's earliest history, both Indian and European.

This cobblestone street, the first ever built in the New World, is known for its numerous beautiful structures from centuries past.

The construction of one of the oldest forts in the Americas was completed in 1507.

This 18th-century Jesuit church is the resting place for many of the greatest Dominican heroes.

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

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 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...

Once the home of Jesuit monks and now the home of the Institute of Hispanic Culture, this sixteenth-century building has a facade covered with gargoyles.

The old entrance to Santo Domingo from the city's port.