Santo Domingo City
Santo Domingo City
The capital of the Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo (formally SantoDomingo de Guzman) is the capitalof the Dominican Republic. The cityis situated on the Caribbean Sea, atthe mouth of the Ozama River, 155km southeast of Santiago de losCaballeros. Founded in 1496, on theEasternBank of the Ozama River byBartolomé Colón and thentransferred by Nicolás de Ovando in1502 on the Western Bank of the same river. Known for being the site of thefirst European settlement in America, and the first seat of Spanish colonialrule in the new world. It is within the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional, andlatter in turn is bordered on three sides by the Santo Domingo province.Bounded on the South by the Caribbean Sea, to the East by the city ofSanto Domingo Este, Santo DomingoOeste West and on the North by Santo Domingo Norte; among all, they form the great Santo Domingo.
In Santo Domingo are the first cathedral and the first castle in America; bothlocatedin the Colonial City, zone declared like patrimony of the humanity bythe UNESCO.
Santo Domingo is one of the largest cultural, financial, politi cal, commercialand industrial centers of the Dominican Republic; several industries in thecountry are located inside the city. Santo Domingo also serves as thecountry‘s main port, a port of the city is located at the mouth of the OzamaRiver and hosts to larger vessels, and iscapable of receiving both loads ofpassengers as goods traffic.
Santo Domingo took the name of “Ciudad Trujillo” from 1936 until 1961, dueto a change made by the dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina. Today,Santo Domingoand Santiago de los Caballeros are the most importantmetropolis of the Dominican Republic, given its purchasing power parityGDP US $36,000 million and it is also the most populous city in theCaribbean.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification, Santo Domingo has atropical monsoon climate. The average temperature varies slightly in the citybecause of the tropical trade winds that help mitigate the heat and humiditythroughout the year. Thanks to these winds, Santo Domingo, rarelyexperiences the sweltering heat and humidity expected to find in a tropicalclimate (though this has varied due to global warming). Normally, Decemberand January are the coldest months; and July, August andSeptember arethe warmest. Despite having a tropical climate and in the middle of theCaribbean, Santo Domingo experienced cool temperatures betweenNovember and March because of the nearby mountains and cold fronts.
Santo Domingo promedia 1,445 mm of precipitation per year. The driestmonths are from January to April, however, due to winds precipitation willget to see even during these months. Due to your month more dry is lessthan 60 mm, Santo Domingo falls into the category of the tropical monsoonclimate. Like many other nations of the Caribbean, Santo Domingo is verysusceptible to hurricanes. The registered minimum is 6 ° C (42.8 ° F), andthe maximum registered 39 ° C (103.1).
Squares and Shopping Malls
Acropolis Center
Agora Mall
Bella Vista Mall
Blue Mall
Diamond Mall
Gallery 360 Mall
Malecon Center
Megacentro
Novo-Centro
Central Square
Plaza Las Américas
Plaza Naco
Sambil
Silver Sun Gallery
Coral Mall
What to see?
The Palace of fine arts in theDominican Republic wasinaugurated on May 15,1956,during the dictatorship ofRafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, aroom enabled with 614seats forthe display of cultural and artisticevents.
The Palace of fine arts houses inan area of 13,000 square meters the National Theatre, the National Schoolof Ballet Folklorico Nacional, national choir, national schoolof dance, theoffice of the National Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet, school ofdrama,the fine arts theatre and the National School of dance and Visual Arts.
The National Palace of theDominican Republic is the officialhome of the Presidentof the Republicand the headquarters of theExecutive power of the country. It islocated in the city of Santo Domingo,specifically in its political andadministrative control the NationalDistrict Center.
It is also the Vice President of theDominican Republic and three important ministries of the DominicanGovernment, the Presidency, the of economy, planning and developmentand the administrative of the Presidency.
History
The elaboration of the plans that would give shape to this work of art, whosearchitect responsible was the Italian Guido D’Alessandro took place in theyear 1939 by order of the President of the Dominican Republic RafaelLeonidas Trujillo Molina. It wasnot until February 27, 1944 year on theoccasion of the 100th anniversary of national independence where he beganthe construction of the work.
The National Palace, seat of theDominican Government, represents thesymbol of the Dominican sovereignty andis the place where the big decisions aremade and outlines policies for the smoothrunning of the country.
Dimensions
The building consists of three levels,where the first level provides lodging forgeneral services, the second level houses the entrance and main lobby, as well as the Council of Government and the offices of President, Vice President and officials. The third level contains reception halls: Hall ofambassadors, the caryatids, Hall green, livingLounge Bar, main dining roomand areas deprived of the President.
The lobby
This area serves as an introduction to the Palace, where you can see animperial staircase that leads us to the first and third level. On its roof standsthe dome of 18 meters in diameter.
Living room of the caryatids
It is the Hall where the major feasts of the Dominican State is carried out andis, of course, where are feasts.
Green Room
It is used for small receptions and entertainments to personalities of specialDistincion.como its name implies, is green and is also the most importantroom of the National Palace. It is made in the style of Luis XV.
Ambassadors room and more….
The National Theatre
It is a large green area, with internalstreets, consisting of huge gardens withcenturies-old trees of great size andMajesty; and with beautiful ornamentalfountains, many of them embellishedwith monumental sculptures.
The square, composed of severalautonomous buildings, holds in each ofthem a great source of knowledge;collect the synthesis of culture and thehistory of the Dominican Republic.
Found it: the National Theatre, one of the 10 best in the world, the Museumof modern art, the Museum of history and geography, the Museum of Naturalhistory, theMuseum of the Dominican man and the national library.
The Santo Domingo Metro is thesystem of road transport, or metro,serving in the city of Santo Domingo,capital of the Dominican Republic.Since the inauguration of the secondline in 2013, it is the most extensivemetropolitan railway system inCentral America and the Caribbeandaily transports thousands of peoplewho are displaced in the capital city.
The Santo Domingo Metro fleet consists of a total of 19 Alstom «Metrópolis 9000»4 of three cars, 57 cars in total of latest generation manufactured inBelgium, Franceand Spain. This model is also being used in the meter ofBarcelona, Lima and Santiago. Trail of via standard units are equipped withair conditioning, closed circuit television and information to the passenger,and can accommodate up to 617 passengers per train. Although the trainsinitially consist of 3 cars, stations have capacity for 6–car trains anticipatingfuture demands of passengers. The system is designed with acapacity totransport more than 355 thousand passengers per day, presenting, thereforehigh cost effective in the long run. Seventeen (17) formations give dailyservicewhile other 2 formations are available in case of emergency. Unlikemost other rapidtransit systems, the Santo Domingo Metro has a third rail,instead collects electricityby catenaries.
Line 1 and Line 2
Line 1, with direction North-South, consists of 16 stations and has a length of14.5 km. This line 1 largely permits decongest the corridor North-South ofSanto Domingo, which was one of the greatest congestion of traffic of theCapital City. Facilitates shifting, above all, the inhabitants of Santo DomingoNorte towards the center of theCapital, which in the past was one of thebiggest “headaches” of the inhabitants of that area of Santo Domingo. Theexcavations for the construction of this 1 line of theMetro of Santo Domingo,allowed also, improvement of the pluvial drainage for those areas. President Danilo Medina Sanchez L2.
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