Fortaleza Ozama

Lugar histórico en Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic

• Abierto todo el año
• Duración típica: 2h

Qué hacer

• explore tower of homage
• view colonial and civil war history (period: 1502–1965)
• visit dungeons and tunnels

Características

• 1965 civil war bullet holes in doors (event: Dominican Civil War)
• carlos iii gate, built 1787 (ubicación: Calle Damas entrance)
• fortified walls 3 m thick (river side: 1 m thick)
• medieval stone-castle architecture (material: coral stone)
• oldest european military construction in americas (designation: UNESCO recognized)
• overlooks ozama river
• statue of gonzalo fernandez de oviedo (imported: Salamanca, Spain, 1977)
• tower of homage, 18 m high (wall thickness: 2 m)
• tunnels and dungeons on site
• sitio patrimonio mundial de la UNESCO (site: Colonial City of Santo Domingo)

Cerca de aquí

• ozama river (relación: adjacent, river side)
• port of santo domingo (relación: riverside, adjacent)

Datos útiles

• architect gomez garcia de varela (nationality: Spanish)
• built 1502–1508 (commissioned by: Governor Nicolas Ovando)
• converted to public building 1965 (law: Law No. 11)
• located end of las damas street (district: Ciudad Colonial, Santo Domingo)

Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-7X87-92A24

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