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La Vega
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One of the earliest European settlements, La Vega was an important base for gold-mining in the Cibao Valley during Columbus’s time, but was later flattened by an earthquake. The modern town reveals nothing of that period. There’s little either of Victorian-era boom time, when some imposing public buildings appeared. The most conspicuous structure these days is the concrete modernist Catedral de la Concepción de La Vega, apparently intended to capture the spirit of the colonial period. La Vega really comes into its own each February, when it stages one of the country’s most celebrated Carnival celebrations (see Carnival), and the construction of masks from papier-mâché becomes an art form.
La Vega
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