The spectacular view from high atop the Tower of Homage/ Torre del Homenaje located inside the Fortaleza Ozama, one of the oldest forts in the Americas. This UNESCO World Heritage site is the first fort build in the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic because of its vantage point. You can see the Caribbean Sea at the […]
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Picture Of The Day – Palm Sunday Sun
The Tower of Homage/ Torre del Homenaje sits majestically in the morning light as the sun shines brightly behind. The suns rays are lights rising to the heavens like arms lifted in praise to the heavens on this beautiful Palm Sunday (Domingo de Ramos in Spanish) morning. Would you like to learn how is Semana […]
Picture of the Day – Alcazar de Colon Morning
Before the sun rises it brightens the sky over the Colonial City of Dominican Republic. The panoramic view of the pre-dawn skies viewed from Plaza España. You can see the outline of the original home of Don Diego Colón and his wife María de Toledo, the Palacio Virreinal Alcázar de Colón as it looms in […]
Picture of the Day – Museum Lights
This morning walking with the dogs in Plaza España I noticed the changing colored laser lights were on inside the Cultural Center of Telecommunications Museum/ el Centro Cultural de las Telecomunicaciones Museo (CCT) and had to go and check it out. Looking through the window of the CCT you can see the reflection of the […]
Picture Of The Day – Cathedral Bells
Did you know that the new bells in the tower of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo (the full name is Catedral Metropolitana Santa María de la Encarnación) are set to ring automatically since the first part of the renovation was completed? They are on a timer and ring 5 times a day. I love the […]
Picture Of The Day – Thin Workers
Calle Isabel la Católica. Renovada Ciudad Colonial project. The men are cleaning out the man holes and storm drains. You would have to be really thin to fit into those openings. And the work continues…