Santo Domingo, DN- President Luis Abinader and the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, inaugurated today the renovated Las Damas Street and the Santo Domingo Fortress Museum, as part of the works being carried out within the Comprehensive Tourism and Urban Development Program of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo (PIDTUCCSD) or Colonial City Revitalization Program.
Of the twenty projects that make up this Colonial City Program, the president and the Minister of Tourism delivered these two revitalized works, within the framework of an agenda that they exhausted in the historic center.
From the Prioritized Streets Rehabilitation Project, Las Damas Street was inaugurated, from Plaza Pellerano Castro to Plaza Reloj de Sol, a road with a length of 456 meters, which was completely renovated.
Among the interventions on this historic road is the placement of a new pavement with concrete slabs, turning it into a single platform space between sidewalks and streets, to provide all users with safe movement; The pipes of the drinking water network and the connections were replaced, both to residences and businesses.
Sanitary drainage was also separated from storm drainage. Podotactile signs were incorporated on the pavement, which will safely guide disabled people and, due to the placement of paving stones, the temperature will be reduced on this street by 33 percent.
From the Revitalization and Architectural Adaptation of Museums Project, President Abinader and Minister Collado inaugurated the Santo Domingo Fortress Museum, also known as Fortaleza Ozama, where new and modern museographic contents were added.
The intervention that was carried out in this museum serves to revalue this glorious monument, where three types of work were carried out.
The first is the architectural qualification of its infrastructure, where new energy generation and climate adaptation systems were placed; second, the museum project of the Tower of Tribute, which highlights the role that this building has played in the different stages of the history of the Dominican Republic.
While the third is about the show of immersive experiences, which integrates a set of audiovisual and technological resources, distributed in three scenarios that cover the construction of the cultural, ethnic and landscape wealth that the country has, in an exaltation to the identity elements of Dominicanness.
The new proposal that the Santo Domingo Fortress will offer to the public will expand the hours of its museum offering for visitors, with a great impact on the Colonial City.
The Project Revitalization and Architectural Adaptation of the Museums aims to recover the four most emblematic museums of the Colonial City, which in addition to the Santo Domingo Fortress, are the Cathedral Museum, the Don Diego Colón Viceregal Palace or the Alcázar de Colón Museum and that of the Royal Houses.
During the event, President Abinader reaffirmed his Government's commitment to the rescue of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo and the enhancement of all the wealth it holds as World Heritage of Humanity.
Meanwhile, Minister Collado said that in his work agenda, the interventions carried out in the Colonial City have always occupied a predominant place, seeking not only the recovery of the historic center but also the strengthening of historical and cultural tourism, supported by a offer with high levels of competitiveness.
President Abinader and Minister Collado were accompanied by the Minister of Culture, Milagros Germán; the mayor of the National District, Carolina Mejía; the representative in the country of the IDB Group, Katharina Falkner-Olmedo; the ambassador of the European Union in the country, Katja Afheldt and the General Coordinator of the Program Coordinating Unit, Amín Abel Santos.
The Colonial City Revitalization Program is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and co-financed by the European Union and aims to revitalize the Colonial City in urban, economic and cultural tourism aspects.
It is executed by the Ministry of Tourism in conjunction with the Mayor's Office of the National District (ADN) and the Ministry of Culture (MINC).
It is made up of around twenty projects that are ongoing and seek the recovery of public spaces and historical monuments; improving the living conditions of residents; the development of the local economy and the strengthening of the management of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo.