Catedral de Santa María la Menor

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Colonial City of Santo Domingo


State Party =
Type = Cultural
Criteria = ii, iv, vi
ID = 526
Region = Latin America and the Caribbean
Year = 1990
Session = 21st
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/526

The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, is the oldest cathedral in the Americas was begun in 1514 and completed in 1540. Fronted with a golden-tinted coral limestone facade, the church combines elements of both gothic and baroque with some lavish plateresque styles as exemplified by the high altar chiseled out of silver. The treasury has an excellent art collection of ancient woodcarvings, furnishings, funerary monuments, silver, and jewelry. Some historians believe that the remains of famed navigator Christopher Columbus rest in the cathedral.

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See also

*Colonial City of Santo Domingo