DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

With the financial backing of the Banco Popular Dominicano, the General National Archives announced the general public now has access to an extensive digital collection of historical documents related to Spain and the Dominican Republic. Over a million pages of historical records, spanning more than three and a half centuries of shared Dominican and Spanish history, are now publicly accessible. The effort was in collaboration with Spain’s State Archives.

Ignacio Sánchez de Lerín, Minister Counselor of the Spanish Embassy in the Dominican Republic, underscored the profound significance of the project. “This initiative holds enormous importance for historical research, providing access to thousands of documents that chronicle key moments in both Dominican and Spanish history,” he stated.

AGN Director General Roberto Cassá hailed the project as “an...