Dominican Republic
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The Dominican Republic is an island country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime bor
Catedral Santa María La Menor is the oldest cathedral built in the Americas.
In 1838, Juan Pablo Duarte and others established a secret patriotic society called La Trinitaria, which helped undermine Haitian occupation.
Monument built by Dominicans in 1944, commemorating the participants of the War of Restoration
The flag of the United States waving over Ozama Fortress during the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic, c. 1922
Hispaniola
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Hispaniola is an island in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean, located between Cuba and Puerto Rico. It is the most populous island in the West Indies and the second-largest by land area, after Cub
View from the ISS, 2011
Fortaleza Ozama
Ile de la Tortue (Tortuga island) made Hispaniola a center of pirate activity in the 17th century.
The Dominican War of Independence (1844–1856) was the first war of liberation of the Dominican Republic. This war consolidated the Dominican national identity, which was forged through its independence proclamations of 1821 and 1844.