Colonial Zone Saturday, Part 2

  Since the control of where pictures go is not up to me, but whoever controls blogspot, I became frustrated and decided to separate to a new post.  Our next adventure was a carriage ride.  The "powers that be" apparently like this picture and wanted it to be on top of the last post, but it didn't actually fit the story that way, so we'll see what they do with it this time.

We rolled along, seeing various sights.  I will try to include some and hope they allow me to put them in the order I choose.

The walking street in  the Zone--shops, restaurants, etc.

The gate at one end of the Conde, used to divide those who were "in" from those who were not.

Monument to the three Mirabel sisters, martyred in the effort to oust Trujillo, the dictator.

Ruins of a church/hospital built between 1503 and 1508, destroyed (by a hurricane, I think), rebuilt, again destroyed and left as a ruin.  Birds like the little holes in the wall for nests.  On the right on the wall is a dark oval which is a beehive!  You might want to click on this and enlarge it. It was supposed to be the first stone church/hospital (unclear when it was used as what) here.

                   

      We think this is called the Pantheon, memorial to some who have died and quite grand.  This soldier stands unmoving for two hours.  I couldn't do it for five minutes!  Discipline!
      We have previously toured the oldest cathedral in the Americas, also in the Colonial Zone and Diego Colon's (Columbus) large home.  They are on other posts.
       We finished our day with lunch at an outdoor cafe across the plaza from Diego's.  You can see his house in the back, as well as the sailing ship.