This article lists Forts and Gates that were constructed during Santo Domingo's colonial rule. Many of these forts were incorporated into a defensive wall that surrounded the

Ciudad Colonial Ciudad Colonial (Spanish for "Colonial City") is the historic central neighborhood of the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo. It is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. The area has been decla ...

, effectively creating bastions along the wall. There are also several gates which allowed access to the city, these gates were also protected by forts. A prime example is ''El Baluarte del Conde'' and La Puerta del Conde, where ''La Puerta del Conde'' served as an entrance to the city and ''El Baluarte'' served to protect the entrance.

Forts

*Fuerte de la Concepcion *Fuerte de la Caridad *Fuerte de San Lazaro (Fort of Saint Lazarus) *Fuerte de San Miguel (Fort of Saint Michael) *Fuerte de San Francisco *El Fuerte de Santa Barbara *Fuerte de la Carena *Fuerte Invencible *

Fortaleza Ozama The Ozama Fortress ( es, Fortaleza Ozama), also formerly known as the city wall's Homage tower. It is one of the surviving sections of the Walls of Santo domingo, which is recognized by UNESCO as being the oldest military construction of European ...

, a sixteenth-century castle that overlooks the

Ozama River The Ozama River () is a river in the Dominican Republic. It rises in the Loma Siete Cabezas mountain in the Sierra de Yamasá mountain range, close to the town of Villa Altagracia. History In 1498, Bartolome Colon had a fort built on the Ozama ...

. *Fuerte San Gil *Fuerte de San Jose (Fort of Saint Joseph) *Fuerte de Angulo

Gates

Puerta del Conde La Puerta del Conde (The Count's Gate) was the main entrance to the fortified city of Santo Domingo (in present-day Dominican Republic), named to honor Governor Captain-General Bernardino de Meneses Bracamonte y Zapata, 1st Count of Peñalva, wh ...

(The Count's Gate), was the only entrance to the north and the furthest boundary of the city until around the late 19th century. *Puerta de la Atarazans *Puertas de San Diego, built by Alejandro de Fuenmayor in 1540 *Puerta de la Misericordia (Gates of Mercy)

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