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Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
The monastery is an outstanding treasure trove of four centuries of religious architecture in Spain. It symbolizes two major events in world history that took place in 1492: the Catholic kings' reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula and the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas. The monastery's famous statue, the Virgin, became a powerful symbol of the Christianization of much of the New World.
Colonial City of Santo Domingo
The first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas were built on the island of Santo Domingo after Christopher Columbus arrived there in 1492. The colonial town was founded in 1498 on a grid-like layout that became the model for nearly all town planners in the New World.
Xinglong Park
Xinglong Park (formerly known as Xinglong Forest) was first built on February 22, 1992 and completed in December 1995. It covers a total area of 780 mu, with 9,360 square meters of roads in the park, eight hills, and a 45-mu artificial lake. The total investment is about 30 million yuan. Through planning, many scenic spots have been formed. The small lake has winding water and secluded scenery. The white jade stone bridge on the lake has become a central landscape. There is a waterside pavilion on the west side of the lake, an octagonal double-eaved pavilion on the south side of the mountain, and a moon-viewing pavilion on the north side of the lake. The initial Xinglong Forest was built. So far, the park has a history of 13 years. There are more than 81,000 trees and shrubs in the park, and various leisure and entertainment facilities have been built. In March 2002, it was approved as a first-level park in Beijing by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape Architecture.