Santo Domingo - Museum of the Royal Houses Museo De las Casas Reales
The Museum of the Royal Houses in Santo Domingo is an enormous brick and coral building with high ceilings and wide staircases sweeping up to a grand salon hung with portraits of the Spanish kings. It originally consisted of two buildings, the Palace of the Captain-General and Palace of the Royal Audiencia (similar to a Supreme Court), which were both built in the beginning of the 16th C and joined by a single facade in the late 18th C.
Once the colonial administrative center for all the Spanish West Indies, Casa Reales is now a museum featuring Colonial era artifacts, including a re-creation of the governor's receiving room, maps, weapons and military uniforms.
Once the colonial administrative center for all the Spanish West Indies, Casa Reales is now a museum featuring Colonial era artifacts, including a re-creation of the governor's receiving room, maps, weapons and military uniforms.
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Royal Audience Chamber
The Real Audiencia (Royal Audience Chamber) in Santo Domingo was established as a superior court with jurisdiction over the New World in 1511 by King Ferdinand of Spain.
The Sundial
The Sundial in Santo Domingo was built by governor Francisco Rubio y Peñaranda in 1753 i and is one of the few left in the world.
It was positioned so that officials of the Casa Reales could see the time by glancing out their windows.
It was positioned so that officials of the Casa Reales could see the time by glancing out their windows.
