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Museums & Heritage
2 venues
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Alcázar de Colón
Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo
Fortified palace built between 1510 and 1514 for Diego Columbus, the oldest viceregal palace in the New World.
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Museo del Hombre Dominicano
Plaza de la Cultura
The largest collection of Taíno artifacts in the Caribbean, along with an important collection of Dominican carnival masks.
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Local Traditions
2 venues
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Merengue
Nationwide
National dance and music born in the 19th century, inscribed in 2016 on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Official sitegodominicanrepublic.com →
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Bachata
Nationwide
Couple's dance born from the fusion of bolero with Afro-Caribbean genres, inscribed by UNESCO in 2019.
Official sitegodominicanrepublic.com →