Monumento De Santiago
History
It was originally built during the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in 1944 as El Monumento a la Paz de Trujillo ("Trujillo's Monument to Peace"). He ordered its construction in his own honor. Symbolically, the monument was built for the centennial anniversary of the Dominican War of Independence, which was fought in 1844 to gain sovereignty from Haiti.
After Trujillo's assassination in 1961, the government changed the name of the monument to "Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración" (Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration). It is now dedicated to the heroes of the Dominican Restoration War, fought from 1863 to 1865 against Dominican Loyalist and Spanish forces. The heroes include (but are not limited to) Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and Gregorio Luperón. The monument was built from 1944 to 1952 and was inaugurated on September 30, 1953.
Photo gallery
See also
References
- ^ Guides, Rough (2 November 2017). The Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic (Travel Guide eBook). Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-0-241-33212-2. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Tuider, Katherine; Caplan, Evan (2012). Dominican Republic (Other Places Travel Guide). Other Places Publishing. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-935850-09-0. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Puente Adames, Víctor M. (1 October 2022). "Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración, más de 6 décadas siendo un emblema santiaguero - Periódico elCaribe". www.elcaribe.com.do (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2024.