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Church of the Regina Angelorum Convent
Visit the amazing Church of the Regina Angelorum Convent, the first church of nuns in Dominican Republic.
Church of the Regina Angelorum Convent
© XimoPonsThe Regina Angelorum Church is well-known for being the first Dominican construction for nuns, dating back to 1564.
Regina Angelorum Church, Santo Domingo
© Rosa M. Reynoso RobiouThe church has a Gothic design, with a simple facade in grey stone. It has three pointed arches of which the one in the center holds the main door while the lateral ones are blind. On the right side, a bell-gable houses the two bells of the temple and, above the door, an altar of stones remains empty after the assaults of 1586 by the English pirate Francis Drake. Oral tradition has it that in this altar there was a virgin covered in gold and valued jewels, which is the reason why the pirate was interested on it.
In its interior, a single nave remains covered in ribbed arches holded by stone buttresses in Gothic-Elizabethan style. A dome formed by four skylights represents the moment of the beginning of the Baroque period. You’ll be able to contemplate the front of the main altar in embossed silver with a decoration of grids with rose windows, and two wooden altarpieces in Baroque style.
Moreover, you’ can stare at the chorus, holded by huge wooden beams, as well as the balustrade made of crossed wood pieces in Mudejar style, that provided the cloistered nuns with their needed privacy.
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Location:
At the corner between Padre Billini and José Reyes streets. Colonial City. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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Santo Domingo
What to see:
- Essential places to visit in Colonial City:
- Zona Colonial
- Cathedral of Santo Domingo
- Parque Colón
- Palacio Consistorial
- Fortaleza Ozama Fortress
- Plaza España Square
- Alcázar de Colón
- Museum of the Royal Houses
- Dominicos Convent
- Ruins of San Nicolás de Bari Hospital
- ChuChu Colonial
- Colonial Houses
- Sun Clock
- Places to visit in Colonial City (See for superior stays to 3 days):
- National Pantheon
- Casa de Bastidas
- Casa de Hernán Cortés
- Casa de los Dávila
- Borgellá Palace
- Casa del Cordón House
- Casa de la Moneda House
- Church of Santa Clara Convent
- Imperial Convent of Santo Domingo
- Iglesia Las Mercedes Church
- Church of the Regina Angelorum Convent
- Tostado House Museum
- Duarte House Museum,
- Fuerte San José Fortress
- Fuerte San Gil Fortress
- Padre Billini Square
- Puerta San Diego Gate
- Puerta del Conde Gate
- Puerta de la Misericordia Gate
- Other places in Colonial City:
- Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia Church
- Ruins of the San Francisco Church and Monastery
- Iglesia de Santa Bárbara Church
- Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Carmen Church
- Los Remedios Chapel
- Casa de Teatro
- Museo Infantil Trampolín Museum
- Amber World Museum
- Fuerte Concepción Fort
- Parque Duarte Park
- Essential places to visit in Santo Domingo:
- Columbus Lighthouse
- Los Tres Ojos
- Parque Mirador Sur
- National Aquarium
- Botanic Garden
- Malecón
- Fray Antonio de Montesinos Monument
- Homeland Altar
- Places to visit in Santo Domingo (See for superior stays to 3 days):
- Palacio de Bellas Artes
- Obelisk
- Obelisco Hembra
- Boca Chica Beach
- Guayacanes Beach
- Museum of the Dominican Man
- Museo de Arte Moderno
- National Zoo Park
- Other places in Santo Domingo:
- Chinatown
- Church and Hospital of San Lázaro
- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
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