Gregorio Luperón Metro Station
Gregorio Luperón is a Santo Domingo Metro station on Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between Mamá Tingó and Centro de los Héroes. The station is between Gregorio Urbano Gilbert and José Francisco Peña Gómez. This is an elevated station built above Avenida Hermanas Mirabal. It is named in honor of the former president, Gregorio Luperón Gregorio Luperón (September 8, 1839 – May 21, 1897) was a Dominican president, military general, businessman, liberal politician, freemason, and Statesman who was one of the leaders in the Restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spani .... References {{Authority control Santo Domingo Metro stations 2009 establishments in the Dominican Republic Railway stations opened in 2009 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santo Domingo Metro
The Santo Domingo Metro ( es, Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by length and number of stations. It began operation in 2004. The Metro is a major part of the "National Master Plan" to improve transportation in Greater Santo Domingo and the rest of the nation. The first line was planned to relieve traffic congestion on the Máximo Gómez and Hermanas Mirabal Avenue thoroughfares, which connect Santo Domingo. The second line, which opened in April 2013, is meant to relieve the congestion along the Duarte-Kennedy-Centenario Corridor in the city from west to east. The current length of the Metro, with the sections of the two lines open as of August 2013, is . Before the second line's opening, 30,856,515 passengers had ridden the Santo Domingo Metro in 2012. With both lines opened, ridership increased to 6 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mamá Tingó Metro Station
Mamá Tingó is a Santo Domingo Metro station on Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as the northern terminus of the inaugural section of Line 1 between Mamá Tingó and Centro de los Héroes. It is currently the northern terminus of the line. The following station is Gregorio Urbano Gilbert. This is an elevated station built above Avenida Hermanas Mirabal. It is named in honor of Mamá Tingó Mamá Tingó (born Florinda Muñoz Soriano; November 8, 1921 – November 3, 1974) was a Dominican activist leader and defender of the rural farming community in Dominican Republic. She was assassinated fighting against the unjust plunder of t .... References {{Authority control Santo Domingo Metro stations 2009 establishments in the Dominican Republic Railway stations opened in 2009 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Centro De Los Héroes Metro Station
Centro de los Héroes is a Santo Domingo Metro The Santo Domingo Metro ( es, Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by ... station and the southern terminus of Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between Mamá Tingó and Centro de los Héroes. The adjacent station is Francisco Alberto Caamañol. This is an underground station, built below Avenida Enrique Jimenez Moya. References {{Authority control Santo Domingo Metro stations 2009 establishments in the Dominican Republic Railway stations opened in 2009 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gregorio Urbano Gilbert Metro Station
Gregorio Urbano Gilbert is a Santo Domingo Metro station on Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between Mamá Tingó and Centro de los Héroes. The station is between Mamá Tingó and Gregorio Luperón. This is an elevated station built above Avenida Hermanas Mirabal. It is named in honor of Gregorio Urbano Gilbert Gregorio Urbano Gilbert Suero ( Puerto Plata, 25 May 1898 – Santo Domingo, 29 November 1970) was a Dominican Republic linotypist and guerrilla fighter. Gilbert’s parents were Narcisa Suero and the Bahamian immigrant Benjamin Gilbert. He .... References {{Authority control Santo Domingo Metro stations 2009 establishments in the Dominican Republic Railway stations opened in 2009 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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José Francisco Peña Gómez Metro Station
José Francisco Peña Gómez is a Santo Domingo Metro station on Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between Mamá Tingó and Centro de los Héroes. The station is between Gregorio Luperón and Hermanas Mirabal. This is an elevated station built above Avenida Hermanas Mirabal. It is named in honor of José Francisco Peña Gómez José Francisco Peña Gómez (6 March 1937 – 10 May 1998) was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), a three-time candidate for president of the Dominican Republic and former May .... References {{Authority control Santo Domingo Metro stations 2009 establishments in the Dominican Republic Railway stations opened in 2009 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Avenida Hermanas Mirabal
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Gregorio Luperón
Gregorio Luperón (September 8, 1839 – May 21, 1897) was a Dominican president, military general, businessman, liberal politician, freemason, and Statesman who was one of the leaders in the Restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spanish annexation in 1863. Luperón was an active member of the Triunvirato of 1866, becoming the President of the Provincial Government in San Felipe de Puerto Plata, and after the successful coup against Cesareo Guillermo, he became the 28th President of the Dominican Republic. During his government in 1879, he incentivised secularism in the Dominican Republic with the help of the General Captain of Puerto Rico and Eugenio María de Hostos. Biography Gregorio Luperón was born 8 September 1839 in Puerto Plata to Pedro Castellanos, a Dominican of Spanish descent, and Nicolasa du Perron (the surname du Perron would later become "Luperón", to sound more Spanish), a black immigrant from the Lesser Antilles. His parents owned a ''vent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santo Domingo Metro Stations
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2009 Establishments In The Dominican Republic
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