Colonial Zone

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic district tourist attraction

The Colonial Zone is the historic center of Santo Domingo, recognized as the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Label Occurrences
Colonial Zone canonical 1
Zona Colonial 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial architecture ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Colonial
borders Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Ozama River ⓘ
contains Alcázar de Colón ⓘ
Calle Las Damas ⓘ
Casa del Cordón ⓘ
Catedral Primada de América ⓘ
Convento de los Dominicos ⓘ
Fortaleza Ozama ⓘ
Hospital San Nicolás de Bari ⓘ
Monasterio de San Francisco ⓘ
Museo de las Casas Reales ⓘ
Panteón Nacional ⓘ
Parque Colón ⓘ
Plaza de España ⓘ
Puerta del Conde ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Dominican Republic ⓘ
foundedAs Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
foundedBy Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Nicolás de Ovando ⓘ
governingBody Distrito Nacional ⓘ
surface form: Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional
hasCityWallRemnants true ⓘ
hasHeritageProtection national monument zone ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 1496 ⓘ
knownFor Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
being the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas ⓘ
grid-pattern urban layout ⓘ
locatedIn Distrito Nacional ⓘ
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo de Guzmán ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Standard Time
locatedOn Hispaniola ⓘ
surface form: Island of Hispaniola
nickname Colonial City of Santo Domingo ⓘ
surface form: Ciudad Colonial

Colonial Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zona Colonial
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo city center
primaryReligionHistorical Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replanned 1502 ⓘ
streetLayout orthogonal grid ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Latin America ⓘ
surface form: Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 526 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStateParty Dominican Republic ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 1990 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic → knownFor → Colonial Zone ⓘ
Colonial Zone → nickname → Colonial Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zona Colonial