Amphitheatre
About 5,000 seats.
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A stone village in the style of a sixteenth-century Mediterranean town, built in modern times on a high bluff over the green, winding Chavón River near La Romana. The idea dates to 1976, when a rock hill was blasted for a road and the businessman Charles Bluhdorn proposed reusing its stone; the Italian architect Roberto Copa designed it. Visitors stroll cobbled lanes between stone houses with wooden balconies, iron window grilles and old lamps, holding craft workshops, jewellery and art shops, and a design school drawing students from across the country. Its best-known sights are a Roman-style stone amphitheatre for about five thousand people, opened in 1982 with a big concert; the small stone church of St Stanislaus with its square and fountain; and an archaeology museum of Taíno finds, the island's first people. Terraces give fine views of the river winding through forest to the sea. The village lies inside a private resort, so non-guests enter for a fee or on a tour. The sun is strong all year, so carry water, a hat and sunscreen.
About 5,000 seats.
From the bluff.
The first islanders.
Casa de Campo resort, La Romana, about 20 minutes from Bayahibe
No, it was built from 1976 in the style of a sixteenth-century Mediterranean village, using stone from a hill blasted for a road.