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| #11 - Posted 3 July 2010, 8:42 PM | |
 Location: United States, ø„¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨ Join date: June 2008 Member #: 926 Posts: 3390  | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic San Juan de la Maguana    San Juan de la Maguana (San Juan to make it short) is one of the oldest cities in the DR, founded on the year 1503 by Captain Diego de Velásquez by order of the then governor Nicolás de Ovando. The name of San Juan de la Maguana comes from (1) San Juan Bautista (St. John the Baptist), their patron saint, and the cacicazgo (chiefdoms) of Maguana. Before the arrival of Columbus, the island was divided into 5 chiefdoms and Maguana was one of them, with Taíno chieftess (female chief?) Anacaona. San Juan celebrates its patron saint festivities the 24th of June every year, but different municipalities have different patron saints and different dates for their celebration of the festivities. San Juan became a province under the dictatorship of Trujillo and during that time its name changed to "Benefactor" but it became San Juan again after he died. Some important battles were fought here, including the Battle of Santomé, where Dominicans under the command of General José María Cabral defeated the Haitians on Dec 22nd, 1855. Nowadays, most of the grains eaten are produced here - no wonder why San Juan has become "El granero del Sur" (sort of "The Barn of the South"  .The province of San Juan is home for the highest mountain in the country and the Caribbean: Pico Duarte and home of the biggest national park in the country: Parque Nacional José del Carmen Ramírez.    Ayuntamiento Municipal |
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| #12 - Posted 3 July 2010, 9:40 PM | |
 Location: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs Join date: January 2010 Member #: 4353 Posts: 2077 | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic yumnuk3, nice contribution Thanks for those photos and information   |
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| #13 - Posted 4 July 2010, 7:20 AM | |
 Location: Germany, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz Join date: May 2009 Member #: 2753 Posts: 737 | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Quote: Belly previously said: Quote: tschotschua previously said: Quote: Belly previously said: I have been to San Juan de la maguana and have some funny stories around the Palacio de Justicia. Nice place. Mucha gente amable hay. SJM is a very nice place in our region, we could compare it to Constanza or Jarabacoa in some sense very enjoyable weather the whole year long and refreshing forest summer like  I have always said that once some high profile person settles in Constanza is going to grow quick for it's weather. I have always love the weather in that whole area very enjoyable and pleasant. Here a couple of Photos from el Corral de los Indios, San Juan de la Maguana     This Batey was built by the Native to make ceremonies and to play Sport  What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. |
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| #14 - Posted 4 July 2010, 10:04 AM | |
Location: United States Join date: January 2009 Member #: 1926 Posts: 158 | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Something that I noticed by looking at all these pictures, is how clean San Juan is. You immediately feel the air fresher. Maybe the rest of the counrty could learn from Sanjuaneros. |
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| #15 - Posted 4 July 2010, 10:52 AM | |
Location: United States, ø„¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨ Join date: June 2008 Member #: 926 Posts: 3390 | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Quote: ateo2010 previously said: yumnuk3, nice contribution Thanks for those photos and information Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the post. |
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| #16 - Posted 4 July 2010, 10:53 AM | |
Location: United States, ø„¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨ Join date: June 2008 Member #: 926 Posts: 3390 | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic San Juan de la Maguana   Catedral San Juan Bautista   Parque Caonabo  Plaza de los Desorientados   Monumento Batalla de Santomé Edited on 7/4/2010 1:12 PM by yumnuk3. |
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| #17 - Posted 5 July 2010, 2:09 AM | |
Location: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs Join date: January 2010 Member #: 4353 Posts: 2077 | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Quote: Belly previously said: I have always said that once some high profile person settles in Constanza is going to grow quick for it's weather. I have always love the weather in that whole area very enjoyable and pleasant. Yes the whether is really nice, fresh to warm in summers, and mild to cold in winters. notice that San Juan 415 m (1,362 ft) is close to the same high as Jarabacoa 529 m (1,736 ft)... Edited on 7/5/2010 2:10 AM by ateo2010. |
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| #18 - Posted 6 July 2010, 2:18 PM | |
Location: United States Join date: March 2008 Member #: 522 Posts: 5804 | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Quote: Amber previously said: Something that I noticed by looking at all these pictures, is how clean San Juan is. You immediately feel the air fresher. Maybe the rest of the counrty could learn from Sanjuaneros. Yes, I also agree and noticed the same thing and I wonder why many Dominican towns are not similarly as clean. If SJM can do it, so can the rest. Edited on 7/6/2010 2:23 PM by guillermone. |
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| #19 - Posted 19 August 2010, 10:13 PM | |
Location: Bahrain Join date: August 2010 Member #: 5636 Posts: 3 | RE: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Quote: ateo2010 previously said: yumnuk3, nice contribution Thanks for those photos and information Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared around the web. Come visit the author latest websites on cheap jerseys and cheap nfl jerseys .you can get what you want. |
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