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In the Casas Reales Museum (Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic) is located the sundial which was lifted for 1753 under the reign of Charles III , under the command of Captain of the Colony  Don Francisco de Rubio Peñaranda.

A replica of the sundial is located in the village of Banica, on the borders of the Canary Islands.

Few pieces of this type of clock is available even in the American continent, and it is attractive to tourists who visit the Colonial  Zone and historical monuments that are in the same and the great diversity of options contained in this Call Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

According to  history books of the Dominican Republic, under the reign of Charles III, the city of Santo Domingo was in a great splendor, for some engineering works that were built in the area and the creation of monuments and other features Santo Domingo that made a very attractive city.

Near the sundial was the place where convicted were executed which carried the name of Picota.

The first cathedral in the Americas is located in the city of Santo Domingo, opposite the Parque Colon, and his full name is Metropolitan Cathedral Santa Maria de la Encarnacion First of America, but mostly he is known as America’s First Cathedral, this for being the first Cathedral established in the Americas.

The First Cathedral of America in addition to its religious content is having a great treasure in its interior, such as altarpieces, works of cutting-old woodwork, furniture, monuments and paintings, tables and bells are of great value for his seniority and its structure.

The First Cathedral of America includes the mausoleum Geraldini Bastidas, as well as other archbishops who competed during the colonial period in the Dominican Republic, is also in the First Cathedral of America the tombstones of Simón Bolívar, secretary of Royal Audience and the forerunner of America´s liberator.

Among the paintings that were highlighted in the First Cathedral of America is La Virgen de la Altagracia, which was painted by 1523.

Among its other treasures also highlight the silver, metalwork and jewelry which make up the so-called Treasure of the Cathedral, and among these are crucifixes, shrines, incense burners, chalices and jewelry.

The America’s First Cathedral is built of limestone, which it says were taken from the quarry in Santa Barbara, although some of the walls that make up this impressive First Cathedral of America are masonry and bricks.

The First Cathedral of America is formed by 14 chapels which were built along the axis of the cathedral, is also a sacristy and the Chamber of Council of the Town Hall or Canons Ecclesiastical installed on a second floor.

Around the First Cathedral of America is located north La Plaza de Armas, south of the Plazoleta  de los Curas and the Callejon de los Curas.

Casa de Tostado Museum is established in the Dominican Republic with the aim of showing the efficient and dedicated both to the dominicans as tourists who decide to visit the Dominican Republic to learn their history and customs held by different eras.

Casa de Tostado Museum is responsible for investigating and display the data acquired through these investigations to the general public interested in knowing  these data as well as safeguard and protect the information obtained.

In the Casa de Tostado Museum located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic you can get information on everything related to the national heritage, and work steadily to secure and supplement the information they are getting and to summarize for being shown to the audience in this important museum in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Casa de Tostado Museum collects the habits and customs of dominicans over time, with the  purpose of properly preserved for display and disseminate to the general public interested in knowing how deep is dominicans´idiosyncrasies.

Casa de Tostado Museum was built during the third season of the sixteen century and to whom it owes its name was the creator of the Scribe Francisco Tostado, it is located in Calle Padre Billini and Arzobispo Meriño, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, and it was open to the public for 1973.

Casa de Tostado Museum can be visited from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sundays and is closed to the public, and the cost to access this museum in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo ranging from RD10.00 Dominican pesos to the students, RD20.00 Dominican pesos to the general public and RD $ 40.00 dominican pesos to foreigners who visit there.