PARQUE COLÓN
Parc Colón invites you to relax in the shade of its trees. At its center, a bronze and granite statue, sculpted by the Frenchman E. Gilbert and erected in 1887, depicts Christopher Columbus in a conquering attitude, his arm outstretched towards the north. At his feet, a Taïna woman, cacica Anacaona, recalls the island's indigenous past. Reputed to be the most talented woman on the island, Anacaona succeeded her brother, the cacique Bohechio. She was a powerless witness to the massacre of the Jaragua chieftaincy in 1504, ordered by the island's governor, the monk Nicolás de Ovando. This sad episode in Dominican history is known as the "Fury of Jaragua". Taken prisoner and tortured, Anacaona was hanged three months later in Santo Domingo's public square, now known as Parque Colón. This park, bustling with souvenir vendors and shoe-shine boys, marks the starting point of El Conde pedestrian street, the district's main shopping thoroughfare. On the eastern side of the square, the Borgella Palace. On the north side, the Casa del Abogado. On the south side, the city's old prison, known as the "House of Medallions" because medallion busts of the Fathers of the Homeland adorn its facade, served as the seat of legislative power from 1844. Today, it houses the Cathedral Museum. On its right flank stands the archbishop's residence. The west façade includes the Vivaque building, Santo Domingo's former town hall, a 16th-century edifice restored in 1904-1905 by architect Osvaldo Báez and now the headquarters of the Workers' Bank.
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Il y a des restaurants très sympa à proximité et pas trop honereux