click highlighted hovered text for more info, see

Dominican Republic UNESCO world heritage sites

Santo Domingo province [capital = Santo Domingo]

Colonial City of Santo Domingo see detail
City of "firsts", Santo Domngo was the headquarters for the first institutions in the Americas : Saint Mary of the Incarnation Cathedral, Saint Francois Monastery, Saint Thomas Aquinas University, Nicholas de Bari Hospital, and the Casa de Contratación. It is also the first fortified city (fortress of Santo Domingo and its Torre del Homenaje) and the first headquarters of Spanish power in the New World.