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Santo Domingo Xenacoj is a town, with a population of 10,632 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. Name origin [ edit ] The native term Xenacoj has been evolving over the centuries: in 1625, Irish friar Thomas Gage , call it Sinacao ; [3] later, friar Francisco Ximenes, O.P. in 1717, calls it Xencoc .
Alcázar de Colón. / 18.4775°N 69.8828°W / 18.4775; -69.8828. The Alcázar de Colón, or Columbus Alcazar is the first fortified European palace built in the Americas. It is located in the Dominican Republic 's colonial area of Santo Domingo city, and forms part of the Ciudad Colonial UNESCO 's World Heritage Site.
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic: 1509–1560 Monastery: Oldest monastery in the Americas. [13] Church and Convent of los Dominicos: Santo Domingo Dominican Republic: 1510-1532 Convent and University: Oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, and also, it was the headquarters of the first university in the Americas. [16] [17 ...
Ciudad Colonial (Spanish for "Colonial City") is the historic central neighborhood of the Dominican Republic 's capital Santo Domingo. It is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. The area has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. [ 1] It is also known as Zona Colonial (Colonial Zone) or more ...
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Population. (2018 census) [1] • Municipality. 42,291. • Density. 130/km 2 (330/sq mi) • Urban. 7,578. Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez is a town and municipality in the Suchitepéquez Department of Guatemala .
The Church and Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán ( Spanish: Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán) in the city of Oaxaca de Juárez ( Mexico) is an example of New Spanish Baroque architecture. The first construction projects for the building date back to 1551, when the Antequera de Oaxaca's City Council ceded a total of twenty-four lots to the ...
Juan Rodriguez[ 1][ 2][ 3] (Dutch: Jan Rodrigues, Portuguese: João Rodrigues) was the first documented non-indigenous inhabitant to live on Manhattan Island. [ 4] As such, he is considered the first non-native resident of what would eventually become New York City. As he was born in the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, the first colony of ...