Architectural Rating: Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración

[NALs]

The Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración de la República (Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration of the Republic) is located at the heart of Santiago de los Caballeros. The monument was built during the Era of Trujillo by the dictator himself in honor of himself. In fact, the monument was toppled by a statue of Trujillo which is probably the only statue of the dictator still standing on Dominican soil. Today the monument honors the hereos who faught in the War of Restauration which ended in 1865 with the restoration of the DR after about four years of Spanish rule.

On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 = impressive and 5 = horrible, how would you rate the Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration?







-NALs

[Celt202]

Vittore Emanuele II Lite

Il Vittoriano - The Vittore Emanuele II / Viktor Emmanuel II Monument - Rome, Italy

[mariaobetsanov]

The period detail are a bit mix and needs to be cleam up and cleam up the architecture details.

[mountainfrog]

Originally Posted by NALs

.... The monument was built during the Era of Trujillo by the dictator himself in honor of himself.

Questions From a Worker Who Reads

Who built Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?
And Babylon, many times demolished
Who raised it up so many times? In what houses
of gold-glittering Lima did the builders live?
Where, the evening that the Wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? Great Rome
Is full of triumphal arches. Who erected them? Over whom
Did the Caesars triumph? Had Byzantium, much praised in song
Only palaces for its inhabitants? Even in fabled Atlantis
The night the ocean engulfed it
The drowning still bawled for their slaves.

The young Alexander conquered India.
Was he alone?
Caesar beat the Gauls.
Did he not have even a cook with him?

Philip of Spain wept when his armada
Went down. Was he the only one to weep?
Frederick the Second won the Seven Year's War. Who
Else won it?

Every page a victory.
Who cooked the feast for the victors?
Every ten years a great man?
Who paid the bill?

So many reports.
So many questions.

Bertolt Brecht





m'frog

[Chirimoya]

I've always noticed that turn of phrase in the DR that taken literally evokes some comical images:

Balaguer hizo esa carretera

Hipólito construyó esa escuela

Ese trencito de Leonel...

El síndico instaló ese semáforo


But it works both ways:

Balaguer mató a su esposo, Hipólito acabó con el país, etc.

[A.Hidalgo]

Originally Posted by NALs

In fact, the monument was toppled by a statue of Trujillo which is probably the only statue of the dictator still standing on Dominican soil.
-NALs

Maestro, info is incorrect. I corresponded with Bernardo Vega (I'm sure you know who he is) a respected expert of the Dominican Republic who is a Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic & International Studies and writer of many books about the DR and relations with the US.

His answer to the question about the statue at the top of the monument is: "It represents "peace" and was done by an Italian in the 1940's. The monument was called Monumento a la Paz de Trujilo. The statue of Trujillo was at ground level. Thus the joke whispered during the dictatorship was the monument meant Arriva la paz y abajo Trujillo".

My original thread on this subject can be found here.
Santiago Enygma


if you like I can supply you with the e-mail

[A.Hidalgo]

Originally Posted by mountainfrog

Questions From a Worker Who Reads

Who built Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?
And Babylon, many times demolished
Who raised it up so many times? In what houses
of gold-glittering Lima did the builders live?
Where, the evening that the Wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? Great Rome
Is full of triumphal arches. Who erected them? Over whom
Did the Caesars triumph? Had Byzantium, much praised in song
Only palaces for its inhabitants? Even in fabled Atlantis
The night the ocean engulfed it
The drowning still bawled for their slaves.

The young Alexander conquered India.
Was he alone?
Caesar beat the Gauls.
Did he not have even a cook with him?

Philip of Spain wept when his armada
Went down. Was he the only one to weep?
Frederick the Second won the Seven Year's War. Who
Else won it?

Every page a victory.
Who cooked the feast for the victors?
Every ten years a great man?
Who paid the bill?

So many reports.
So many questions.

Bertolt Brecht





m'frog

Oopps...the edifice crumples!!!!

[Hillbilly]

Thank you Hidalgo for setting that straight.

There are newspaper photos of the people hauling down the Trujillo image from a pedestal on the east side of the Monumento....near where Luperón is now...

It is currently undergoing some refurbishing.

I, for one, think is it impressive....and certainly a Santiago Landmark....


HB

[NALs]

Originally Posted by A.Hidalgo

Maestro, info is incorrect. I corresponded with Bernardo Vega (I'm sure you know who he is) a respected expert of the Dominican Republic who is a Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic & International Studies and writer of many books about the DR and relations with the US.

His answer to the question about the statue at the top of the monument is: "It represents "peace" and was done by an Italian in the 1940's. The monument was called Monumento a la Paz de Trujilo. The statue of Trujillo was at ground level. Thus the joke whispered during the dictatorship was the monument meant Arriva la paz y abajo Trujillo".

My original thread on this subject can be found here.
Santiago Enygma


if you like I can supply you with the e-mail

Yes, I know who Bernardo is.

Perhaps I should've added the word "arguably".

-NALs

[something_of_the_night]

Originally Posted by NALs

Yes, I know who Bernardo is.

Perhaps I should've added the word "arguably".

-NALs

Perhaps not. Read your statement again, or maybe the meaning of 'arguably.'