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Dominican Republic

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  • The Cultural Space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella

As a World Heritage site, the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic offers a representative showcase of urban development in the New World.

The country's Tentative List includes other sites that it proposes for study.

The Cultural Space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella was proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001. This distinction was also granted to the Cocolo Dance Drama Tradition in 2005.

The Dominican Republic participates in the project for the identification and preservation of Caribbean sites and places of memory related to the slave trade, which is in line with the new strategy of the Slave Route Project.

UNESCO has partly funded restoration work on the museum of Ponce de Léon.

Places of Memory for the Slave Route in the Caribbean
 
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