Ruinas-del -Monasterio-de-San-Francisco

Ruinas del Monasterio de San Francisco presented by Colonial Zone-DR.com

The Ruinas del Monasterio de San Francisco located in the Colonial Zone/ Zona Colonial in the oldest city in all the Americas, Santo Dominic, Dominican Republic

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Inside the Monastery. Building started in 1509

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Imagine what it looked like in 1560 when it was completed

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One of the chaples located inside the old Monasterio

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A closer view of the chapel

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The walls are made of coral from the sea

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Sir Francis Drake destroyed the monastery in 1586

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It was also destroyed two different times by earthquakes...

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We gained special access to the inside of the ruins. This...