Description: Trujillo City, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Palace of Communications - 1948: Santo Domingo , once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 2,908,607, when including the metropolitan area. The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional ("D.N.", "National District"), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Founded by the Spanish in 1496, on the east bank of the Ozama River and then moved by Nicolás de Ovando in 1502 to the west bank of the river, the city is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World. Santo Domingo is the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World. The city's Colonial Zone was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Santo Domingo was called Ciudad Trujillo , from 1936 to 1961, after the Dominican Republic's dictator, Rafael Trujillo, named the capital after himself. Following his assassination, the city resumed its original designation. This Linen Era postcard, published in 1948, is in good condition. No. 8B-H160.
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Dominican Republic
Theme: International Cities & Towns
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Architecture
City/Region: Trujillo City
Postage Condition: Unposted
Era: Linen (c. 1930-1945)
Santo Domingo: Trujillo City
Dominion Republic: Santo Domingo
Palace: Communications
Region: Caribbean Islands
