This is a list of the preserved colonial buildings in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas; for this reason, according to the UNESCO, many buildings are the first of their kind in the Americas, for example is home to the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, the headquarters of the first university in the Americas or the first cathedral in the Americas, etc.

"Colonial City of Santo Domingo" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.

List

Name	Image	Built	Architectural style	Architect(s)	Belonged to the religious order	Note	Source	Location
Fortaleza Ozama		1502-1508	Homage tower of the Walls	Gómez Garcia de Varela		It is one of the surviving sections of the Walls of Santo domingo, which is the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas.	[1]	General information Location Calle Las Damas 1, Santo Domingo Coordinates 18°28′24″N 69°52′54″W / 18.47333°N 69.88167°W / 18.47333; -69.88167 (Fortaleza Ozama)
Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor		1504-1550	Gothic	Alonso de Rodríguez, Luis de Moya, Rodrigo de Liendo and Alonso González		It is the first and oldest cathedral in the Americas, excluding Greenland	[1]	General information Location Between Calles Arzobispo Meriño and Isabela La Católica, next to Parque Colón Coordinates 18°28′23″N 69°53′02″W / 18.47306°N 69.88389°W / 18.47306; -69.88389 (Cathedral of Santo Domingo)
Monastery of San Francisco (in ruins)		1508-1560		Nicolás de Ovando and Rodrigo de Liendo	Franciscans	It was the first monastery in the New World	[1]	General information Location Calle Hostos corner Emiliano Tejera, Ciudad Colonial Coordinates 18°28′37″N 69°53′08″W / 18.47694°N 69.88556°W / 18.47694; -69.88556 (Monastery of San Francisco)
Church and Convent of los Dominicos		1510-1532	Gothic, Isabelline Gothic, Baroque	Carmonese Antón and Alonso Gutiérrez	Dominican Order	It is the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, and also, it was the headquarters of the first university in the Americas	[1][2]	General information Location Padre Billini Street Coordinates 18°28′17″N 69°53′07″W / 18.47139°N 69.88528°W / 18.47139; -69.88528 (Church and Convent of los Dominicos)
Regina Angelorum Convent Church		1564			Dominican Order	It was the earliest nunnery church in the Dominican Republic		General information Location Calle Padre Billini corner with José Reyes. Ciudad Colonial. Santo Domingo Coordinates 18°28′17″N 69°53′07″W / 18.47139°N 69.88528°W / 18.47139; -69.88528 (Church and Convent of los Dominicos)
Palace of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo (now houses the Museum of the Casas Reales)		1511		the old Palace of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, it is the first (oldest) headquarters of Spanish power in the New World			General information Location on Calle Las Damas, corner Calle Las Mercedes on the south side of Plaza de España in the Colonial City
Church of Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes		1549-1616			Order of Friars Minor Capuchin		[3]	General information Location Calle Mercedes corner with Calle José Reyes, Ciudad Colonial.
Santa Bárbara Military Cathedral		1562-1684	Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance (Eclectic)					General information Location Calle Isabel La Católica 307.
Chapel of la Tercera Orden Dominica		1729			Third Order of Saint Dominic		[4]	General information Location Calle el Conde turn south on Hostos or Duarte. Go 2 blocks. In front of Parque Duarte on Calle Padre Billini.
Casa del Cordón		1502-1503	Isabelline Gothic, Mudéjar		[5][6][7]	It was the first European stone house in the Americas and probably the first two-story	General information Location Isabel la Católica street with the corner Emiliano Tejera Coordinates 18°28′35″N 69°53′03″W / 18.47639°N 69.88417°W / 18.47639; -69.88417 (Casa del Cordón)
Alcázar de Colón		1510-1514	Gothic, Renaissance		[8]	It is the only known residence of a member of the Christopher Columbus family in the New World, his first-born son Diego Columbus	General information Location Plaza de España, Calle La Atarazana Coordinates 18°28′39″N 69°52′58″W / 18.47750°N 69.88278°W / 18.47750; -69.88278 (Alcázar de Colón)
Palacio Consistorial		1504-19th century (building) 1913 (the tower)	Neoclassical	It was and still is the City Hall			General information Location Calle Arzobispo Meriño e/ El Conde, Ciudad Colonial
Puerta del Conde		1543-1655		It was the main gate of the City Walls of Santo Domingo			General information Location parque de la Independencia, in Santo Domingo Coordinates 18°28′17″N 69°53′30″W / 18.47139°N 69.89167°W / 18.47139; -69.89167 (Puerta del Conde)
Puerta Carlos III		1797	don Manuel González de Torres	A gate of the City Walls			General information Location At the entrance of the Fortaleza Ozama
Atarazanas Reales (now houses a Naval Museum)		1509-1541		A Royal Shipyards			General information Location At north of the Alcázar de Colón, in Santo Domingo
Puerta de la Misericordia		1543	Rodrigo de Liendo	A gate of the City Walls			General information Location Calle Palo Hincado corner with Arzobispo Portes. Ciudad Colonial
Casa de Bastidas		1505		Rodrigo de Bastidas			General information Location Calle Las Damas Nº 3, Ciudad Colonial
Archbishop's House		1523 (building) 1931 (the two towers)	Spanish Colonial	Diego Caballero	[9][10][11]		General information Location Isabel la Católica Street #55 and the corner of Pellerano Alfau Street. It is located across from the cathedral.
Museo Casa de Tostado		16th century	Earliest Spanish Colonial	Francisco Tostado de la Peña			General information Location Calle Arzobispo Meriño corner with calle Padre Billini. Ciudad Colonial. Santo Domingo.
House of the Five Medallions (currently houses a Numismatic Museum)		1540	Plateresque		[12][13]		General information Location Arzobispo Meriño Street Nº 358, between Las Mercedes Street and Emiliano Tejera Coordinates 18°28′34.5″N 69°53′06″W / 18.476250°N 69.88500°W / 18.476250; -69.88500 (House of the Five Medallions)
Chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios		1541		Dávila family			General information Location at the end of Calle Las Damas, just before the esplanade of Plaza de España