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The central tower of the building is 18-meter high, with walls 2-meter thick. The fortified walls around the building are 3-meter thick, except on the river-side where the walls are 1-meter thick. The cement holding the stone walls together is a mixture of gypsum, clay, lime and the blood of animals.
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Constitutional President of the Republic on May 4. During the Government of Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deño, the Ozama Fortress ceased to be a military compound by Law No. 11 of President Caamaño, being converted into a public place, with the name of Plaza de la Constitución, Law contained
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in 1586. The entrance gate on Calle Damas was originally built in 1608, known as the
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GĂłmez Garcia de Varela. The construction started with the main tower, then the shooting platforms, then the main defensive fort. The
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did some time in the prison. In 1937, under the leadership of
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MatĂas RamĂłn Mella (1844), revolutionary and military general
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The Fortress of Santo Domingo also known as Fortaleza Ozama
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663:Former ammunitions store of the Fortaleza Ozama
375:Pedro Pablo de Bonilla (1843), ex-president of
907:Dominican Republic (Other Places Travel Guide)
396:Silvano Pujol (1843), former secretary of the
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738:List of colonial buildings in Santo Domingo
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853:The Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic
18:List of castles in the Dominican Republic
938:S, Yunior Andres Castillo (2015-01-07).
748:List of oldest buildings in the Americas
405:Pedro Valverde y Lara (1843), Trinitario
381:Narciso Sánchez Ramón (1843), father of
341:Historia General y Natural de las Indias
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210:. It was built between 1502-1508 by the
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377:Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic
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402:Manuel José Machado (1843), Trinitario
277:The architect of the building was the
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525:Manuel de Jesús Gómez a Pelén (1903)
393:Manuel LeguizamĂłn (1843), Trinitario
337:Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés
425:president of the Dominican Republic
372:FĂ©lix Mercenario (1843), Trinitario
504:Eugenio Generoso de Marchena(1892)
441:(1845), was a Dominican separatist
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453:Dionisio Valerio de Moya (1866)
343:. The statue was imported from
216:Santo Domingo's Ciudad Colonial
88:Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi)
834:Historia de la Fortaleza Ozama
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242:construction of the Americas.
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483:Rafael Leonidas Aybar Astacio
421:Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
383:Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
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516:Juan de la Cruz Rojas (1903)
495:Cnel Basilio Gavilán (1873).
522:Andrés Navarro Castro(1903)
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498:Eugenio Miches (1868-1874)
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591:Fortaleza Ozama in 1922.
480:Antinoe Fiallo RodrĂguez
450:(1849), military general
398:Central Government Board
543:Mauricio Jimenes (1912)
531:Manuel RodrĂguez (1867)
492:Eusebio Manzueta (1873)
457:Gregorio Urbano Gilbert
414:(1844), founder of the
51:Tower of Ozama Fortress
687:Top of the lower tower
552:Carlos Anderson (1906)
439:MarĂa Trinidad Sánchez
364:Juan Nepomuceno Ravelo
349:JoaquĂn Vaquero Turcio
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528:Benito MociĂłn (1865)
513:Remigio Zayas (1903)
463:Alejandro Woss y Gil
248:Christopher Columbus
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459:, guerrilla fighter
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536:Buenaventura Báez
510:José Estay (1889)
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