Ruins of Fort Santo Tomas, the first fort in the interior of San Domingo, built by Columbus – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Ruins of Fort Santo Tomas, the first fort in the interior of San Domingo, built by Columbus brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ruins of Fort Santo Tomas, the first fort in the interior of San Domingo, built by Columbus
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Few traces remain of Fort Santo Tomas, which Columbus built at Concepción de la Vega, an inland settlement in Hispaniola's Cibao valley and one of the earliest European outposts away from the coast. The record describes the fort as ruins, and the catalog also tags churches in the same town, suggesting the photographer was interested in the colonial remains as a group. The print dates to about 1893 and was copyrighted by F.L. Vasquez, placing it among the late nineteenth-century photographic views of Caribbean sites. It shows how little of the 1490s settlement had survived some four centuries later.
| Created / published | c1893. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 28549G U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6. Copyright by F.L. Vasquez. |
| Subjects | Forts & fortifications--Dominican Republic--Concepcion de la Vega--1890-1900. Forts & fortifications--Dominican Republic--Santo Domingo--1890-1900. Churches--Dominican Republic--Concepción de la Vega--1890-1900. Ruins--Dominican Republic--Santo Domingo--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,272 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184066 |
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