Built 1714-1746 | Restored by Javier Borroso Restored 1956 | |
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Architect Geronimo Quezada y Garçon Address Calle Las Damas, Santo Domingo 10210, Dominican Republic Hours Closed now Tuesday8AM–6PMWednesdayClosedThursdayClosedFridayClosedSaturdayClosedSunday8AM–6PMMondayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Parque Colon, Alcázar de Colón, Basilica Cathedral of Santa, Fortaleza Ozama, Los Tres Ojos | ||
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The National Pantheon was built from 1714-1746 by the Spaniard Geronimo Quezada y Garçon and was originally a Jesuit church. The structure was constructed in the neoclassic-renaissance style. Today the structure stands as a national symbol of the Dominican Republic and serves as the final resting place of the Republic's most honored citizens.
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History
Jesuits held mass here from 1746-1767. After 1767 it was used as a tobacco warehouse and then as the first Dominican theater for purely artistic purposes by the society Amantes de las Letras in 1860 until 1878 when it became theater La Republicana which operated until 1917. It housed governmental offices until 1956.
In 1956, Spanish architect Javier Borroso renovated the structure to serve its new purpose as a national mausoleum, by order of then dictator Rafael Trujillo. Originally, Trujillo envisioned being interred at the National Pantheon, yet today it is the place where the country's most famous persons are honored, among others Trujillo's assassins.
Other notables that are buried at the National Pantheon include; Francisco Gregorio Billini, Gregorio Luperón, Eugenio María de Hostos and Jose Gabriel García