1 янв 1496 г. - Santo Domingo founded

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The city of Santo Domingo was built on the island of Hispaniola (modern borders shown) by the Spanish, making it the oldest European settlement in the Americas to be continuously inhabited. It was originally founded by Bartholomew Columbus, and named La Nueva Isabela, after Queen Isabela I of Spain. It was renamed Santo Domingo after Saint Dominic. It became the gateway to the Caribbean and nearby mainland for the Spanish.