Panteón de la Patria

On Las Damas Street, the neoclassical facade of the National Pantheon, marked with the Dominican national coat of arms and a trio of bells, has an equally impressive interior. Protected daily by a presidential honor guard, this former 18th-century Jesuit church became the national mausoleum of the country in 1956. It houses the remains of Dominican heroes such as Gregorio Luperón, Salomé Ureña, José Núñez de Cáceres, Concepción Bona, Emilio Prud'Homme, Juan Sánchez Ramírez, and María Trinidad Sánchez, among others. Explore its striking Baroque interior, featuring a ceiling mural depicting the ascension to heaven and the Last Judgment, with an eternal flame burning beneath it.