In addition to the museography work to reorganize the collections, an architectural readjustment of these museums will be carried out, housed in historic buildings that are key pieces of the heritage of the primate city of America.
The general coordinator of the Tourism and Urban Development Program of the Colonial city, Amin Abel Santosexplained that the parts of the structures that need renovation will be rescued and the space will be adapted to museography, with the idea of introducing immersive experiences and virtual reality.
The Museum of the Ozama Fortress will be the first to be intervened, which will be followed by the Museum of the Cathedral, the Alcázar de Colón, as well as the Museum of the Royal Houses, a building that housed the first court of justice in America, a project in which It works together with the Ministry of Tourism, with financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
In addition, the rescue of the Ruins of San Francisco is planned, a project that had many conflicts in the past, “and now there is a new study process to decide what use can be given to it” and, meanwhile, “work is being done on provisional structures to stabilize the whole, since “every time there is a temporary phenomenon it deteriorates”.
Other works planned to revitalize the Colonial city of Santo Domingo will be the rehabilitation of various streets of this historic center with a Renaissance urban fabric, so that they have “a pedestrian primacy” thus improving the visitor’s experience.
The works, which include the undergrounding of electricity and water services, will be carried out on five kilometers of streets and are scheduled to begin next September.
The renovation will have a positive effect on the development of other activities and cultural attractions, such as the tours that visitors can take through a new GPS web application of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo.
This tool allows users to access audio content at various points of interest using the personalized and multilingual content management system, explained the president of the Santo Domingo Tourism Cluster (CTSD), Monika Infant.
The application “lets you know 25 attractions of the Colonial city Santo Domingo” and that it is a free and unique service in the Dominican Republic, which has been one of the innovations that was presented during the tourism fair DATE 2022the main event to promote the Dominican Republic as an international destination.
