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Puerta de la Misericordia Gate, Santo Domingo
Take a look at Puerta de la Misericordia, the first gate of the Colonial City in Santo Domingo.
Puerta de la Misericordia Gate
© Pericles BreaOriginally called Santiago Gate or Puerta Grande (Great Gate), the Puerta de la Misericordia Gate was the first gate of the city of Santo Domingo.
The design was done by the architect Rodrigo de Liendo in 1543, who was also responsible for its construction in the same year. During the archaeological excavations in 1980, there were discovered two small half-elliptical forts which flanked it.
Near the gate, there is a box seat used as a scaffold in order to execute those sentenced to death. In this box seat, it was built a little chapel. The Gate of Mercy was also the place in which Ramón Matías Mella shot the legendary Trabucazo of the Independence at the same time as Francisco del Rosario Sánchez hoisted the Dominican flag, declaring thus the independence of the Dominican Republic after having taken the Ozama Fortress.
The name of the gate comes from the positioning of the Holy Sacrament in this place, with the purpose of asking for the end of all the earthquakes that were destroying the island at that time.
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Location:
At the corner between Palo Hincado and Arzobispo Portes streets. Colonial City, Santo Domingo, Dominican republic.
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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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