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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Scenery of Santo Domingo observed from the upper deck of Grand Princess cruise ship .... All Photos are COPYRIGHT and PROPERTY of Rafal K. Komierowski.

Santo Domingo is the capital of the Dominican Republic , UNESCO World Heritage Site here - view of the Fortaleza Ozama is the oldest fort in America

Grand Princess cruise ship in the earlymorning altered course more north...then entered the treacherous shallow harbour area of Santo Domingo...

Minutes after spectacular sunrise(actual sunrise at 6:51) on Caribbean Sea, Friday, March 11, 2011

Santo Domingo is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the New World.....

Santo Domingo has a population of over three million inhabitants .....

Santo Domingo is certainly the most lively and diverse city in the Caribbean.....

This colonial town, founded in 1498, was laid out on a grid pattern that became the model for almost all town planners in the New World....

Christopher Columbus discovered the island in 1492....then he called Hispaniola

Santo Domingo and the island lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and is subject to severe storms from June to October....

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo, Domnican Republic

Santo Domingo, Domnican Republic

Santo Domingo, Domnican Republic

Santo Domingo, Domnican Republic

Santo Domingo, Domnican Republic

Antonio de Montesinos was a Dominican friar on the island of Hispaniola who was the first member of the clergy to publicly denounce all forms of enslavement and oppression of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

Santo Domingo, Domnican Republic

Santo Domingo, Domnican Republic

A large statue of Montesinos delivering his sermon faces the Caribbean sea at the seafront of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

The Fortaleza Ozama is the oldest fort in America, Santo Domingo

The Fortaleza Ozama was constructed between 1502 and 1508 by order of the Governor of Hispaniola, Frey Nicholas de Ovando, the founder of the city of Santo Domingo

Ozama is a Taino word, which means navigable waters or wetlands...

View of Caribbean Sea from Grand Princess while entering port of Santo Domingo