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PAVILION OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

's will participate in the Great Exhibition by the Dominican Republic in 1925 manifests the communication received by the then Consul of Spain to the Government of the Caribbean, the Secretary of Agriculture and Immigration, made the final decision to obtain more information . In January 1927 he remembered his attendance promulgated in December of that year the law and set aside a provision for 50,000 pesos. Realize their participation with the request of the President Horacio Vazquez to the Executive Committee of the land to raise the flag in the month of February 1928.

the application in principle is formulated based on the construction of a building ephemeral, modified later to decide the Dominican government to build a permanent building thus invoking the 75 years of use and enjoyment as the other flags of the same characteristics; signing the definitive agreement April 18, 1928 between the Commissioner and Consul Cruz M. Conde Coisou.

The General Directorate of Public Works of the Republic. Dominican drafted a flag under the supervision of architect Martin Gallart and Canti, which was approved by the Executive Committee on May 11, 1928.

The plot granted by the City of Seville, is located in the existing land on the right side of the known Avd de la Palmera, bordering the north by the Pavilion of Cuba and the late Hall of Agriculture to the south.

In the month of June 1928, work began, agreeing with the contractor Manuel Pérez González y Cia. within 10 months to run, getting finalized in just 8 months, reducing by two months the deadline, with a final cost of the work amounted to 500,000 pts, 67% increase in budget.

The building in question is two stories with dimensions of 30 X 13 mts. In each of the plants possessed a large exhibition hall flanked by two galleries occupied by different units (toilets, kitchen, offices, etc.). The construction of run-trench foundation of reinforced concrete bearing walls of solid brick, concrete network composed of slabs and beams, distorted them by lining wood paneling in imitation of the old and determined to cover the Andalusian. The walls were covered with plaster simulated stone masonry, stone facings were in certain areas such as border controls. The flooring is available in marble and tile baseboards with Triana.

View of the facade

As curiosity will say that in the plans, it appears as unit of measurement is inches which gives an idea of \u200b\u200bAmerican influence in that country, just on the island for some time was known as " The English. "

Pavilion attracted criticism on the island by the lack of originality of the work, since what they wanted was to play at 1:3 the "Alcazar de Colon" or "Admiral's House" built by Diego Columbus, the eldest son of Christopher Columbus in 1510 in Santo Domingo, on the banks of the river OZOMED on draft Alonso Rodríguez, Maestro Of the Cathedral of Seville. Which was committed to directing the work from our city, sending American lands to the workers needed for construction, being among them his son.


Diego Columbus (1476-1526), \u200b\u200bwas appointed Governor of the Indies in 1508, arriving in the islands in 1509, achieved by real mandate that the land be donated for the foundry, construction of which known as the Alcazar de Colon "or" Admiral's House. " This caused protests from the Royal Treasurer Miguel Pasamontes, ally and protege of Bishop Fonseca, enemy of the family, who reported that Diego Columbus was building a fortress to usurp royal power. This conflict was resolved after the report submitted by Amador de Lares, which stated that this building would serve as a magnificent family mansion.

View of the facade, current









this palace is set in the Admiral with his wife and the court that he brought from Spain, since Maria de Toledo y Rojas, was the niece of King Ferdinand. According to the chronicles, the seven rooms that had each of the floors of the building were real cameras regal.

Admiral's House in Santo Domingo (XVI century)

On the artistic value of it, Professor Villar Movellan says "..... but aesthetically valuable building marked by a complex of inferiority. They claimed that they had no national style with which to run their flag, so decided to reproduce the home of Admiral Diego Columbus cuts seasoned with other monuments "such as the four booths in the corners, recalling the fortifications of the city and front of the temple-building source of the Plaza de la Independencia de Santo Domingo.

Expositional content of this flag were in charge of government agencies being the General Officer Alfredo Geneva Engineer Public Works Director General of that country, and covered the following areas:

- Agriculture: Sugar, cocoa, coffee, snuff and cotton.

- Industry: Textiles of guano, hemp, hats, soaps and furniture

- Mineralogy: Iron, copper, silver, gold, oil, etc.

- Art, architecture, archeology, crafts, sculpture, painting and photography.

- Exhibitions graphics about: climate, health, statistics, and improvements in the country, as Capitol building, the Palace of Justice and the Post Office. There was also a press lounge and another dedicated to furniture.

The upstairs rooms are displaying a full presentation of the Dominican heraldry.

This pavilion closed its doors on December 31, 1929, six months before the close of the exhibition, but at the request of Commissioner Carlos Cañal promised to reopen Saturday. Prior to its closure, had been held the week of Santo Domingo from 4 to November 9, 1929.

Detail the booth of one of the corners of the building, reminiscent of the fortifications of the city .

On December 13, 1934, accepted the donation surrogacy contract by the English state flag. Initially intended as the residence of Mr. Villagran agricultural engineer, responsible for the Municipal Services Parks and Gardens from 1964 to the Regional Project Office of the Minister of Public Works, to compensate the City getting the actual opening of the Isaac Peral Street. Today it houses the demarcation of state highways in Western Andalusia, Ministry of Public Works and Urban Development.

adaptation of the building as the headquarters of the various agencies, involved a major overhaul, especially in the structure and internal distribution, the last was held in 2008. Despite the modifications, there are still original parts like the arms of Diego Columbus in the main entrance.

overview and template-source flag of the Plaza de la Independencia de Santo Domingo, in the first

front door and coat of arms of Columbus

porch roof access door and detail of the cornice that frames the front door

Building Access Gateway

Rear facade

Front and side of the building

newly restored THE SPANISH FILM ARCHIVE edited a book entitled "THE EXHIBITION OF 1929" TO BE PICKED UP IN THE PICTURES OF THE EXHIBITION OF LATIN AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL SEVILLA BARCELONA

inserted acontinuación A COMPILATION OF VARIOUS COURTS RELATED FLAG THIS LISTED IN THIS WORK

SOURCES:
- THE FLAG OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, José María Cabeza Méndez. SURVEYOR No.
Magazine. 33 / 2 nd quarter 1990
- HISTORY American Exhibition in Seville in 1929, Eduardo Rodríguez Bernal
- THE PAVILIONS American Exhibition, Alberto Villar Movellan
The American Exhibition "Newspaper Municipal Funds"
- the site of the Ibero-American Exhibition, urbanized area, FLAGS AND CONSERVATION, José María Méndez
Head Andalucía and America in the Twentieth Century, Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of Andalusia and Latin
1987 - Exhibit Guide 1929-1930
IBERO AMERICAN - American Exhibition THROUGH THE PRESS (1923-1929) Encarnación Lemus López.


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