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Columbus Lighthouse (, meaning "Columbus Lighthouse") is a mausoleum monument dedicated to Christopher Columbus, located in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic. Construction began in 1986, based on plans drawn in 1931 by Scottish architect J.L. Gleave. The monument was inaugurated in 1992, in time for the 500th anniversary of Columbus's first voyage. It was funded by the Latin American states at a total cost of approximately US$70 million. The monument's lighthouse-style features include projecting beams of light that form a cross shape. These beams are so powerful that they can be seen from neighboring Puerto Rico. Overview The Columbus Lighthouse is a cross-shaped monument made of reinforced concrete with dimensions of by . The cross is meant to represent the Christianization of the Americas. There are 157 beams of light that emanate from the structure towards the sky, as well as a rotating beam, which is visible from space. According to Dominican authorities, the ligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Domingo Este
Santo Domingo Este is a municipality and the provincial capital of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. It has one municipal district (''distrito municipal''), San Luis. Santo Domingo Este is across the Ozama River which divides the east and west sections of metropolitan Santo Domingo. This eastern side is more residential and less commercially developed, but it too has experienced growth, though at a slower pace than Santo Domingo itself, with new malls and department stores. History Santo Domingo Este was created as a separate municipality in 2001 by Law 163-01, which split the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional. Plans for local government separate from the National District were first floated in the 1970s. Congress considered a bill in 1984 that would have created the province of Santo Domingo Oriental, which was rejected on grounds that the creation of a new province would be unconstitutional. Culture Santo Domingo Este has a variety of shopp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus Day
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 S On his return in 1493, he moved his coastal base of operations 70 miles east to the island of Hispaniola, what is now the Dominican Republic and established the settlement of La Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas. Christopher Columbus ( ) was an Italian explorer from Genoa who led a Spanish maritime expedition to cross the Atlantic Ocean in search of an alternative route to the Far East. Columbus believed he sailed his crew to the East Indies, but Europeans realized years later that his voyages landed them in the New World. His first voyage to the New World was made on the Spanish ships '' ''Niña'''', ''Pinta'', and ''Santa María'' and took abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In The Dominican Republic
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers and specialists. Museums host a much wider range of objects than a library, and they usually focus on a specific theme, such as the art museums, arts, science museums, science, natural history museums, natural history or Local museum, local history. Public museums that host exhibitions and interactive demonstrations are often tourist attractions, and many draw large numbers of visitors from outside of their host country, with the List of most-visited museums, most visited museums in the world attracting millions of visitors annually. Since the establishment of Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, the earliest known museum in ancient history, ancient times, museums have been associated with academia and the preserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
