Hot! Hot! Hot! It is time again for the Noche Larga de Museos Verano 2019 / The Long Night of Museums Summer Version 2019. This year we will be celebrating the 507 anniversary of the founding of The Colonial City of Santo Domingo on August 3, 2019. The Ministerio de Cultura is bringing a fun […]
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Renovada Ciudad Colonial – Using Radar
The project Renovada Ciudad Colonial (they are remodeling the Colonial Zone streets making the area more appealing to tourism and development), part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded US$30 million Colonial City urban renewal project, has unearthed some interesting finds on the old city of Santo Domingo. Underneath these 15th and 16th century streets are […]
Santo Domingo Colonial Fest 2012
Santo Domingo Colonial FEST 2012 The biggest Festival in the first city of the new world October 12, 13 and 14, 2012 in the Colonial City, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. We have the entire schedule and map of the Colonial Fest 2012! There will be 3 days full of music, art, culture, history and happiness. […]
Santo Domingo de Fiesta in Colonial Zone
Every Friday and Saturday night The Ministry of Tourism and Culture sponsors an evening of folklore dances and music. Santo Domingo de Fiesta, at the stage in the Plaza de España in Cuidad Colonial. It runs from 8 to 9PM and admission is always free. “Santo Domingo de Fiesta” is the weekly arts program presented […]
Discussion and Agreements on Improving Colonial Zone
Neighborhood councils and business of the Colonial Zone / Las juntas de vecinos y el sector empresarial de la Zona Colonial signed an agreement on April 12th at the San Souci port to fix up Colonial Zone. They say they will invest U.S. $ 53 million to make the Zone more secure and beautiful. They […]