Puerto Plata
November 23, 2024
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Above: A display of Amber jewelry in the Museo del Ámbar Dominicano.
1 to 3 are in Independence Square (or Central Park), the main square of the city of Puerto Plata. The Dominican Republic gained its independence in 1844.
The park was constructed as a tribute to general Luperón, who offered the park to the city of Puerto Plata. The statues in the first picture are of
Juan Pablo Duarte and General Gregorio Luperón. Duarte organized and promoted La Trinitaria, a secret society that eventually led to the Dominican revolt and independence
from Haitian rule in 1844 and the start of the Dominican War of Independence, which successfully ended in 1856. He is considered the father of the Dominican Republic.
Luperón was a leader in the Dominican Restoration War from 1863 to 1865 and successfully regained independence from Spain.
4 to 6 show St. Philip the Apostle Cathedral by Independence Square. The earlier wooden church was destroyed by a fire in 1863 during the "Dominican War of Restoration"
Construction of the present church began in 1870, more reconstruction began in 1929 and it was completed in 1956.
8 is from the Museo del Ámbar Dominicano, which here displays insects caught inside the amber stonea.
9 to 13 show plants and drying tobacco for cigars at La Aurora, in the basement of the Museo del Ámbar Dominicano.
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