The Colonial City or Colonial zone as it commonly is called the zone more ancient of Santo Domingo was the first city to be founded in the new world,It was built on the banks of the Ozama River in Santo Domingo, being the first city founded by Europeans on American soil, She was baptized as Santo Domingo de Guzman in honor of the founder of the order of preachers monk better known as Dominicans. The streets and buildings tell the story of as passed the early settlers in America, the buildings in this area have the honor of being the first buildings of the new world where you can find interesting tourist destinations such as the first street of America known as Las Damas Street in honor of the ladies of the procession of the virreina Doña María de Toledo which, according to tradition, resided in it, also on this street were built the first stone houses for Pathfinders and main characters of the time, the Alcázar de Colón, son of Admiral Cristóbal Colón belonged to Diego de Colon, the first Sun clock, The Cathedral Primada de America, The first University of the new world named Santo Tomas de Aquino, The Fortaleza Ozama, built to protect the city on the banks of the Ozama River.
To walk the first streets of America, its monuments and museums are going to feel that we carry at the time of its foundation the 5 in August of the 1,498 on the Eastern Bank of the Ozama River by Bartolomé Colón and moved later in the year 1, 502 by Frey Nicolás de Ovando to the Western Bank of the Ozama, of the cities that the Spanish Crown founded in Dominican land Santo Domingo de Guzman is the only city which is intact despite the passage by the time, they are more 5 centuries this city keeps history and monuments for the enjoyment of humanity because of this was declared as world heritage by the Organization of the United Nations education and cultural (UNESCO) under the name of Colonial City of Santo Domingo the 8 of December 1,990, The Colonial City is a destination that can not miss to visit the first Santo Domingo de America.
