Puerta del Conde Santo Domingo

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Also called Bulwark 27 February. At the end of the street "El Conde" Puerta del Conde by which you access the Independence Park is located. Originally called "Bastion of San Genaro" is a military building consisting of two solid cubes with a stone arch between them. Full military installation part of the wall, a moat triangular faces east and several booths. The door served as entrance to the city. In the middle of the seventeenth century closed door was opened. The name "Puerta It Count "was in honor and recognition of the defense made to the city by Don Bernardino de Meneses Bracamonte and Zapata, Conde de Penalba, against the English invasion of William Penn and Venables in the year 1655. The gate was the scene of the first act of Independence of the Republic on February 27, 1844. Here is first hoisted the National Flag (1844). He served a few years as "Altar of the Nation". ago For a long time I left was transformed into Bullring in the 1880. In 1912 it was converted into a park. In which are sculpted in bronze on the floor, the "Compass Rose" with the 32 points that divide the horizon. From this point the whole island distances (Km. 0) are measured.