Our Lady of Antigua, Catedral Nuestra Senora de
Our Lady of Antigua, oil painting on wood, detail, in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Old, or Chapel of Jesus Preacher, in the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The painting was brought to the cathedral in 1520, moved to Spain in 1857 by order of General Pedro Santana, and returned here by Queen Isabel II in 1862. The cathedral is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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