Alcázar de Colón

Museo histórico en Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic

• Abierto todo el año
• Duración típica: 1h

Acceso y tarifas

• entry ticket is rd$100

Qué hacer

• evening illuminated garden visit
• explore gardens and courtyards
• self-guided audio tour (languages: multiple)
• terrace views, ozama river and plaza españa
• view period furniture and artwork (rooms: 22)
• view period room reconstructions (periods: 16th–18th century)
• view tapestry collection (period: 15th–17th century)

Antes de ir

• check hours before visiting — one source lists site as closed for restoration; verify current status

Características

• ~800 authentic artifacts (types: armour, paintings, tapestries, dishes, religious objects)
• 22 rooms open to visitors (original rooms: 55)
• base for spanish conquest expeditions
• built 1511–1514 (material: coral stone)
• caribbean's most important medieval/renaissance art collection (acquired: 1950s)
• design based on mancera de abajo structure (ubicación: Salamanca, Spain)
• diego columbus born children here (children: Juana, Isabel, Luis, Christopher)
• first european palace in americas
• flemish van den hecke tapestries (cartouches by: Charles Le Brun)
• gothic, renaissance, mudéjar style
• looted by francis drake in 1586
• most visited museum in santo domingo
• national monument since 1870
• no nails used in construction (material: coral stone)
• only columbus family residence in new world
• overlooks ozama river
• restored 1955–1957
• three columbus generations in residence (possible end: late 16th century)
• sitio patrimonio mundial de la UNESCO (designation: Ciudad Colonial)
• unique caribbean tapestry collection (centuries: 15th–17th)
• visited by hernán cortés and pedro de alvarado

Cerca de aquí

• catedral primada de américa — first Catholic cathedral in the Americas
• fortaleza de ozama (ubicación: banks of Ozama River, Colonial Zone)
• museo de las casas reales (tipo: colonial history museum)
• ozama river

Datos útiles

• alternate phone: +809 686 8657
• located in ciudad colonial (city: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
• location: plaza españa, colonial zone (dirección: Calle La Atarazana 2, Santo Domingo 10212)
• phone: +1 809 960 9371

Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-BVJB-4C7B8

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