Beauty with a Purpose Through Her Eyes

Emmy A Pena Basilical Cathedral Primate Cathedral of America

The Basilical Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in the Colonial city of Santo Domingo is dedicated to St. Mary of the Incarnation. It is the oldest still standing cathedral in the Americas. Begun in 1514 and completed in 1541. It is the Cathedral of the Archbishop of Santo Domingo who has the honorary title of Primate of the Indies because this cathedral was the first Catholic diocese and the oldest cathedral established in the New World.