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Duarte’s secret Trinitaria organization met here to plot the fight for independence.
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The massive mustard-colored parish church, with an imposing tree-lined plaza in front, was built in 1946 at huge public cost by the dictator Trujillo to honor his hometown.
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This forbidding structure’s most impressive feature is its rich Baroque altar.
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This church-hospital specialized in caring for lepers.
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This landmark church, with its tall turreted bell-tower features a Romanesque doorway, Gothic-style gargoyles, and an imitation rose window. Built in 1911, it has long-standing associations with the English-speaking cocolos.
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The first Franciscan nunnery in the Americas.
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A poignant reminder of the Jewish community that fled Nazi Germany to start a colony here, this modest one-room synagogue, with its distinctive Star of David motifs, is housed in a simple but attractive wooden building.
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This red-roofed NonConformist church is made of prefabricated parts, sent from England by Methodists in 1823 to cater for English-speaking former slaves from North America who settled here under Haitian rule.
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The ruins of the New World’s first monastery are also used for concerts.
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The uncertain nature of colonial life is dramatically reflected by this asymmetrical church-cum-fort, dedicated to the patron saint of soldiers and explosives. The church was vandalized by Sir Francis Drake’s pirates in 1586, and later damaged by a hurricane.
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