Altos de Chavon
Altos de Chavón is a re-advent of a Mediterranean style European village
placed atop the Chavón River in La Romana, Dominican Republic. It is the most
famous appeal within the town and hosts a cultural middle, an archeological
museum, and an amphitheater. The undertaking became conceived by means of the
Italian architect Roberto Copa, and the industrialist Charles Bluhdorn.
History
Chavón River
The task started out in 1976 when the construction of a nearby street and bridge
crossing the Chavón River had to be blasted through a mountain of stone. Charles
Bludhorn, chairman of Paramount then discern Gulf+Western, had the concept of
using the stones to re-create a 16th-century style Mediterranean village,
similar to a number of the architecture observed inside the ancient center of
Santo Domingo. Construction turned into finished within the early Eighties.
Charles Bluhdorn's daughter, Dominique Bluhdorn, is the contemporary president
of the Altos de Chavón Cultural Center Foundation. Narrow, cobble-blanketed
alleyways lined with lanterns and shuttered limestone walls yield several right
Mediterranean-fashion eating places, a number of quaint shops featuring the
various craftwork of neighborhood artisans, and 3 galleries displaying the
abilities of college students from the on-website layout college (La Escuela de
Diseño, an associate of Parsons School of Design in New York City). Notable
attendees of the Altos de Chavón Design School have included Lisa Thon and Mía
Lourdes Taveras López.
Altos de Chavon.
Adding authenticity to the venture is the captivating St. Stanislaus Church (Iglesia
San Estanislao de Cracovia in Spanish) with its plaza and sparkling fountain
that is a popular wedding venue. The Church of St Stanislaus was named after the
customer saint of Poland in tribute to Pope John Paul II, who visited Santo
Domingo in 1979 and left a number of the saint's ashes behind. It changed into
on this church that Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou married Venezuelan heiress
Maria Margarita de Vargas y Santaella on November 6, 2004.
Amphiteater.
A Roman-styled five,000-seat amphitheater hosts twentieth century musical
acts—The Pet Shop Boys, Frank Sinatra, and Julio Iglesias to call some—whilst
Génesis nightclub presents a famous dance venue for guests from the Casa de
Campo motel close by. The Regional Museum of Archaeology (El Museo Arqueológico
Regional) contains a group of pre-Columbian Indian artifacts unearthed inside
the surrounding vicinity. Altos de Chavón overlooks Rio Chavón and the Dye Fore
golfing direction of Casa de Campo; each constructed by former Gulf+Western
chairman Charles Bluhdorn.
The Concert for the Americas turned into held right here in August 1982.
Performers covered Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Heart and Santana.
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