Natural monument cave of the pomier 
The cave of the pomier is considered the capital of the painting art of all the Caribbean. The Pomier Caves are the most extensive example of prehistoric art discovered in the Caribbean.

The caves of Pomier are a set of cavities made a million years ago that were used by the indigenous settlers of the Hispaniola as a refuge against the forces of the nature and as a center to manifest their culture.

The caves are located in San Cristóbal, in a place called Pomier. The name arose as a result of a visit that the French made to the zone, where they found the mamon a very frequent fruit in the zone, and was very similar to the apple, that’s why they called it Pomier.

Data

• In 1993 they were declared an anthropological reserve.
• In 1949 Robert valued them in his archaeological, historical and hydric dimension.
• It is not until 1951 that they were recognized internationally.
• These caves have been compared with the pyramids of Egypt in terms of their importance to Caribbean native culture.
• Five of the 54 caverns already have been damaged or ruined by the explosions, and only 11 of the rest are within the Anthropological Reserve, which is protected by the government.
• The Taino and Igneris groups left in them all the information that had on the handling of the zone and its culture. The people esteem that they left around six thousand petrogrifos and engravings.
• No other area of the Antilles has a great amount of indigenous manifestations. The caves have unique pictographic designs of this country.
• The Caves of Pomier have the potential and the attraction that no other monument of the humanity has, in which the man makes storing of admiration and respect by the customs and traditions of a race already disappeared.