Diego Caballero Sugar Mill

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The historic Sugar Mill of Diego Caballero is located roughly 8 km from San Cristobal in San Cristobal Province, Dominican Republic. The mill was originally established by , who was councilor of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti).[1] The sugar mill at one point had a church with full clergy and approximately 60 stone houses for its population of African slaves, Indians, and Spaniards.[2]

World Heritage status[]

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 5, 2002 in the Cultural category.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Schoenrich, O. (1918) p 251
  2. ^ The Ancient Diego Caballero Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios

References[]

The Ancient Diego Caballero Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios] - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Accessed 2009-02-26.

Schoenrich, O. (1918), Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future, Macmillan.

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