Opposite the east side gate of Catedral Primada de América bearing likenesses of the Saints, this frieze of the Sinners greets passers by on Santo Domingo's Calle Arzobispo Meriño
Plateresque gate at the ruins of the Monastery of San Francisco in Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial
The Monastery of San Francisco was built starting in 1508 through the early 1500s. It was plundered by Sir Francis Drake in 1586, damaged by earthquakes in 1673 and 1751. It was used as an insane asylum from 1881 until the 1930s.