San Domingo (Gambia)
| Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites (The Ruins of San Domingo) | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| The ruins of San Domingo |
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| National territory: |
 Gambia
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (iii) (vi) |
| Surface: | 0.723 ha |
| Reference No .: | 761-004 |
| UNESCO region : | Africa |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2003 (session 27) |
San Domingo or today's ruins of San Domingo were one of the first settlements of the Portuguese in the Gambia , in what is now the West African state of Gambia . They were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites with six other objects, including Kunta Kinteh Island , under a joint entry as Kunta Kinteh Island and associated sites as a World Heritage Site . Previously, from 1995, San Domingo was under the protection of a national monument . The protection of the ruins of San Domingo as a UNESCO World Heritage site covers an area of 0.723 hectares.
description
About a kilometer east of Albreda is San Domingo, near Juffure (also known as Jillifree ), a former English settlement. It was the first settlement of the Portuguese in the late 15th century. The settlement included gardens, a church with a cemetery and walls. Of that, only the ruins of a small house remain that were built from lateritic stones and lime mortar .
The remains of the rubble of a two-story stone house and two walls can still be seen, the locations of two or three other houses are marked by stone stakes and the cemetery is covered by the undergrowth. The ruins were stabilized before further deterioration in July 2000. The external dimensions of the building are 8.5 × 8.5 meters.
See also
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- RUINS OF SAN DOMINGO National Center for Arts & Culture (engl.)
Coordinates: 13 ° 20 ′ 11 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 46.1" W.