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Here, in August 1497, the first of the city’s two settlements was raised. Though the date of establishment of Santo Domingo is not proved through documentary evidence, we do know that it was Bartolomé Columbus who built it, naming it for the day on which he arrived or in memory of the Columbus brothers’ father, also named Domingo.”
Latin America and the Caribbean. Santo Domingo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean ...
1492- First Viceroyalty in the New World is established in Santo Domingo (Viceroyalty of the Indies) 1496 - Spanish colony of Santo Domingo, first permanent settlement in the New World, is established. 1498- The city of Santo Domingo is founded by Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher Columbus; 16th century
Aug 5, 2022 · On August 5, 1498, Bartolo Colón, brother of Christopher Columbus, built the city of Santo Domingo. Today marks the 524th anniversary of the founding of its capital, which was first called “Nueva Isabela” in honor of the Queen of Spain, Isabella I (1451-1504). Still, soon after, it was renamed Santo Domingo.
It was founded in 1496 by Christopher Columbus ’s brother Bartolomeo as the capital of the first Spanish colony in the New World and is the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. It was under French control from 1795 to 1809, and it was annexed to Spain in 1861.
May 7, 2024 · In 1697, Spain ceded the western third of the island to France, which became Saint-Domingue later Haiti in 1804. In the late 17th century, the economy and the importation of enslaved West and Central Africans declined. After the Haitian Revolution, the colony of Santo Domingo was conquered and ruled by Haiti for 22 years.
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May 23, 2018 · The city of Santo Domingo was founded on 4 August 1496 by Bartolomé Colón, brother of Christopher Columbus. It became the capital of the Spanish colonial realm in the Americas, and it was from here that Spanish conquistadores (Hernán Cortés, Diego de Velásquez, Juan Ponce de León) launched their conquests of other parts of the Americas.
