Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy, Santo Cerro, Dominican

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy, or Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, on Santo Cerro, near La Vega, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The cross marks the site of a battle in 1495 between Christopher Columbus and the Spanish, and the native Indians, when the Virgin miraculously appeared on a wooden cross and the Spanish achieved victory. A convent was established here in 1527, a shrine built where Columbus cross was erected and a church was built in 1880. The view looks across the Valle De La Vega Real. Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes is the patron saint of the Dominican Republic. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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