proclaimed on September 29,

Trujillo Peace Monument 1961 as "Monument to the Heroes

On April 30, 1944, the then
governor of Santiago de los
of the Restoration ". Estudiante
Caballeros Isabel Mayer carried The Restorative Heroes Perla Camacho
out the first piezo for the Heroes of the Restoration War
construction of this monument, at include:
that time the idea vaguely
hovered, as a result of the
Curso: 2B
1) Benigno Filomeno de Rojas
centenary of independence, that it 2) Benito Monción
would be a monument to
commemorate the independence
3)
4)
Federico de Jesus Garcia
Gaspar polanco
Projecto:
feat. The monument was
completed the same year.
5) Gregorio Luperon Dos and don'ts in a
6) Jose Antonio Salcedo
Vice-president Joaquín Balaguer
7) Jose Maria Cabral national park
8) Lucas Evangelista Peña
would not inaugurate the 9) Maximum Grullon
monument until 1953 in his 10) Pedro Antonio Pimentel ¿Qué hacer y qué no hacer
eagerness to await the completion 11) Pedro Francisco Bono
of other emblematic works in the en un parque nacional?
12) Ricardo Curiel
city of Santiago, such as the Hotel 13) Santiago Rodriguez
Matum, however they would not 14) Ulises Francisco Espaillat
be completed until 1954. 15) Pedro Ignacio Espaillat
Monument to the Heroes of the
Restoration Monument to the Heroes of
After the fall of the dictatorship of
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina,
the Restoration.
the monument was desecrated The Monument to the Heroes of the
and turned into a center for Restoration better known as the Monument
prostitution and crime, later that of Santiago is the monument erected in the
year and at the initiative of city of Santiago de los Caballeros to
deputy Mario Abréu Penzo it was Aura Estela Nuñez commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
country's independence. It was originally
named as the Trujillo Peace Monument
and it would be part of a series of works of
different kinds built in Santiago de los
Caballeros at the same time. Its
construction began and ended in 1944, but
it would not be until 1953 by the will of the
then vice president Joaquín Balaguer that
it would be inaugurated.
the beginning
The monument is built on the Cerro
del Castillo, which is within one of the five
major geomorphological zones that make
up the relief of Santiago de los Caballeros;
It has an altitude of 175 meters above sea
level and also constitutes the eastern limit
of its flattest area, to which the city was
transferred from Jacagua as a result of the
1562 earthquake.
The monument, according to Dr.
Rafael F. Bonnelly, was the idea of a group
of eminent people from Santiago who on an
afternoon of friends devised the
construction of a monument on the Castillo
hill. Henry Gazón Bona, Major of the
National Army, engineer and architect was
the designer and designer of the same.
Engineer Mauricio Álvarez Perelló was in
charge of its construction together with his
right hand Julio Cesar Menicucci
Rodriguez, master builder
the main symbol of the city of Santiago de
los Caballeros and the Cibao region.
It is one of the most recognized
works in the whole country and, it could be
said, that it is one of the tourist attractions
that attracts the most people in the country.
In February its surroundings are decorated
in commemoration of the Dominican
carnival, as well as on January 1 of each
year, the date on which people come to
witness the moment of the 'cannon shot'
and at the same time receive the
affectionate congratulations of the other
Monument people in around it on the occasion of a new
The Monument is a tower about 74 year.
meters high, partially covered in marble.
Inside there are commemorative murals of
the famous Spanish painter Vela Zanetti
and a staircase with 365 steps that leads to
the top. Its ornamentation is made up of a
series of coffered cornices, in harmony with
the entire work, completing the set with
elegant Ionic-style columns with marble
floors and baseboards, in addition to the
famous rock crystal lamps.
The interior of the Monument is a
museum about the heroes of the
Restoration, which was made public after
its remodeling. People from Santiago
congregate at the foot of the tower, at the
top of the hill, to see the city and have a
good time in the company of friends and
family. Both day and night you can see the
beautiful view of the Cibaeña city.
Due to its characteristic silhouette
and its popularity among people
throughout the country, the Monument to
the Heroes of the Restoration has become