Monasterio de San Francisco, Santo Domingo, Dominican
Aerial view of the Monasterio de San Francisco, a monastery built 1508 by Spanish Franciscan friars, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The complex was built under Nicolas de Ovando and it is the first monastery in the New World. The building has been repeatedly damaged by hurricanes and earthquakes and is now in ruins. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13422434
Media ID
45088403
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4724px x 2654px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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