| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Part of | Colonial City of Santo Domingo |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
| Reference | 526 |
| Inscription | 1990 (14th Session) |
| Coordinates | 18°28′17″N 69°53′30″W / 18.471500000015°N 69.891550000056°W |
  Location of Puerta del Conde in the Dominican Republic | |
La Puerta del Conde (The Count's Gate) was the main entrance to the fortified city of Santo Domingo (in present-day Dominican Republic), named to honor Governor Captain-General Bernardino de Meneses Bracamonte y Zapata, 1st Count of Peñalva, who during his tenure saved the city from a siege in 1655 by Englishmen General Robert Venables and Admiral William Penn amid the Third Anglo-Spanish War.
The gate is part of a structure called El Baluarte del Conde (The Count's Bulwark), a fort in Ciudad Colonial, the colonial area of Santo Domingo. The fort was part of a larger system of fortifications that ran along a defensive wall which surrounded Ciudad Colonial. The Altar of the Fatherland and Independence Park are located there.
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, one of the Dominican Founding Fathers, proclaimed Dominican independence and raised the first Dominican Flag, on February 27, 1844.[1]
- ^ "Puerta del Conde-Parque Independencia". el-bohio.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-28.