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08-09-2011, 03:10 PM
President Leonel Fernandez yesterday attended the formal inaugural of the Santo Domingo Cathedral Museum, located at Isabel la Catolica street, across from the Cathedral. The museum is next door to the Archbishop's offices. Also attending were First Lady Margarita Cedeno and Vice President Rafael Alburquerque.
Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez gave the inaugural address. The occasion marked the celebrating of the 500 years of the Santo Domingo Archdiocese.
Works for the museum, the newest tourist attraction in the city, had begun in 1993.
The collection includes the baptism certificate of nation's forefather Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), and the chalice used when Father Billini said mass in 1861, and Monsignor Nouel's chair. There are crosses dating back to colonial times, portraits of bishops, statues and valuable Catholic religion relics, period furniture, statues of angels, antique candles, many dating back to 1511.
There is also work of contemporary religious art by master Antonio Prats Ventos, Ramiro Matos, Ernst Mariana Haupt Stummer and stained glass windows by Jose Rincon Mora. There is a picture of the Virgin de la Altagracia without mantle or crown from the 17th century. Silver treasures on exhibit include over 200 pieces of high quality and ecclesiastical importance.
Works were coordinated by architect Eugenio Perez Montas. Curator Myrna Guerrero led the team (Maria Ugarte, Montserrat Prats, Nora Perez, Jose Miura, Antonio Gonzalez, Angela Martinez) that catalogued the pieces that had been stored in tanks or offices for years, hidden from the general public.
The work was funded by the Office of Supervising Public Works of the Presidency (OISOE).
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Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez gave the inaugural address. The occasion marked the celebrating of the 500 years of the Santo Domingo Archdiocese.
Works for the museum, the newest tourist attraction in the city, had begun in 1993.
The collection includes the baptism certificate of nation's forefather Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), and the chalice used when Father Billini said mass in 1861, and Monsignor Nouel's chair. There are crosses dating back to colonial times, portraits of bishops, statues and valuable Catholic religion relics, period furniture, statues of angels, antique candles, many dating back to 1511.
There is also work of contemporary religious art by master Antonio Prats Ventos, Ramiro Matos, Ernst Mariana Haupt Stummer and stained glass windows by Jose Rincon Mora. There is a picture of the Virgin de la Altagracia without mantle or crown from the 17th century. Silver treasures on exhibit include over 200 pieces of high quality and ecclesiastical importance.
Works were coordinated by architect Eugenio Perez Montas. Curator Myrna Guerrero led the team (Maria Ugarte, Montserrat Prats, Nora Perez, Jose Miura, Antonio Gonzalez, Angela Martinez) that catalogued the pieces that had been stored in tanks or offices for years, hidden from the general public.
The work was funded by the Office of Supervising Public Works of the Presidency (OISOE).
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)