Chez Checo, José (editor) Imágenes insulares: cartografía histórica dominicana [Insular Images: Dominican Historical Cartography], Santo Domingo, 2008. 52 Vercelloni, Virgilio. Atlas histórico de la ciudad de Santo Domingo, MM Estructuras e Infraestructuras del Territorio, S. A., Milan, 1991. 53 Thesis of J. E. Delmonte, R. J. Rodríguez Marchena, and M. M. Fernández. The Republican Era in the Architecture of the Intramural City 1844-1930. UNPHU, 1988. 54 Ediciones Cátedras, Buenos Aires, 1983. 55 Editorial del Nordeste. Santo Domingo. 1963. 56 “Esos pérfidos abrazos” [Those Treacherous Embraces], Published on January 11, 2006 in newspaper Hoy. 57 Vila Luna, Miguel. “Reflexiones”. In 100 hojas de arquitectura, Editora Taller, 1984. 58 From the poem “Cambio de temperatura” [“Temperature Change”], published in Garabato Magazine, Year 1, No. 1, 1985. 59 Rueda, Manuel. “La Casa”. In García, Wifredo; Rueda, Manuel; Francisco, Ramón y Oviedo, Ramón, De tierra morena vengo, Sociedad Industrial Dominicana, Santo Domingo, 1987. 60 Minifundio Cafetero en Antioquia, Caldas, Quindio y Risaralda. Centro de Estudios Ambientales (CEAM). 1984. 61 Fonseca Martínez, Lorenzo y Saldarriaga Roa, Alberto. Arquitectura de la Vivienda Rural en Colombia. Volúmenes 1 y 2, 1980 y 1984, respectivamente. 62 It’s the main mountain range in the island of Hispaniola. 63 In the years 1605 and 1606, the Spanish governor of the island of Hispaniola ordered the towns located on the western and northern part of the island to be moved closer to the city of San Domingo, the seat of government. This made the abandoned regions available to the French colonizers that had already been roaming the area for years. This decision explains the division of the island into a French and a Spanish colony. 64 Segre, Roberto. Arquitectura Antillana del Siglo XX. Publicaciones Periferias. Chapter II. “The Plantation Syndrome”. 65 Prieto Vicioso, Esteban. “Arquitectura Vernácula y Popular”. In Gustavo Luis Moré (editor). Historia para la construcción de la arquitectura dominicana (1492-2008), Grupo León Jimenes, 2008. 66 Typical rural house. Indigenous term for “hut”. In some regions of the Cibao, it is used as a synonym for “rancho”. It is characterized by the use of non-durable materials. 67 Plant fiber obtained from the bark of the Palma Cana. This material comes off dry and open forming an impermeable natural sheet of 2-3 feet in width by 4-5 feet in length. It is used for roofing, to form walls, as a container and also as drainage gutters. 68 Hazard, Samuel, Santo Domingo su pasado y presente. Sociedad Dominicana de Bibliófilos, Santo Domingo, 1974. 69 Ibid. 70 Fragment from the poem “Elogio a la Palma”, by Franklin Mieses Burgos. In Obras completas, Sociedad Dominicana de Bibliófilos, Santo Domingo, 2006. 51
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Guanche, Jesús. Vivienda campesina tradicional e identidad cultural cubana. Ediciones Casa América. 72 Ibid. 73 Segre, Roberto. Op. cit. 74 García, Wifredo et al., Op. cit. 75 Diccionario de la Lengua Española, Espasa-Calpe, 2005, www. wordreference.com 76 Rapoport, Amos. Vivienda y cultura. 1972. 77 Top plates. 78 Posts of a smaller diameter than horcones that form the framework of the walls or partitions and mark the module of the doorways and window openings. 79 Refers to the entire interior structure of the roof, which is formed by the top plates on the lower part (two, on both sides) the ridge board at the top and the rafters in diagonal on both sides. 80 Poles or lumbers that secure the two legs of the truss and prevent them from opening on the ends of the caballete. 81 It’s an ancient form of communal work, whereby a neighbor that needs to perform work that requires help asks his peers for it and, in exchange, whenever they may need his help, he must lend a hand. The term is also used to refer to the banquet that, at the sole expense of the neighbor in need of help, usually takes place after the work is done. 82 Polibio Díaz. Interiores. 2006. 83 Ibid. 84 Taken from the book 100 hojas de arquitectura, published by the Universidad Central del Este, Vol. LII, edited by Taller (1984). Originally published November 22, 1982 in the Hoja de arquitectura No. 29, El Nuevo Diario, p 13. 85 100 hojas de arquitectura, Universidad Central del Este, Vol. LII, edited by Taller (1984). Originally published July 26, 1983, in the Hoja de arquitectura, No. 64, El Nuevo Diario, p.17. 86 José Enrique Delmonte at the time a high executive of the Ministry of Culture presented this idea as a consequence of a visit to UNESCO in the year 2005. 87 A proposal originally made by Emilio Brea García, the Congress was sponsored by the Dominican committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and by the Fundación Erwin Walter Palm. 71
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