Juan Pablo Duarte Metro Station
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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 ...
interchange station on Lines 1 and 2. The Line 1 station was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between
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and Centro de los Héroes. The Line 2 station was open on 1 April 2013 as part of the inaugural section of Line 2 between María Montez and
Eduardo Brito Eduardo Brito (January 22, 1906 – January 5, 1946) was a Dominican Republic, Dominican Baritone singer. He was world-renowned for his voice and took to the stage in many countries performing operas and zarzuelas. The main hall of the Teatro Na ...
. The station is between
Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle (26 February 1902 – 15 April 1954) was a Dominican Republic lawyer, historian, diplomat, and politician who served as a Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic between 1943 and 1946 and shaped its relation with Haiti ...
and Juan Bosch on Line 1, and between Juan Ulises García Saleta and Colonel Rafael Tomás Fernández on Line 2. This is an underground station, built below the intersection of Avenida Máximo Gómez and Avenida John F. Kennedy. It is named to honor
Juan Pablo Duarte Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez (January 26, 1813 – July 15, 1876) was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of ...
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