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Fortaleza Ozama

Distrito Nacional · Dominican Republic

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Fortaleza Ozama, Dominican Republic
Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
December to April
Budget
$
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The oldest European military fortress in the Americas, guarding the mouth of the Ozama River with its distinctive Tower of Homage. Built in the early sixteenth century, it long defended Santo Domingo from raiders.

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