The former Oficina de Patrimonio Cultural will now be known as Oficina de Patrimonio Monumental. The office that oversees the cultural heritage of the nation is under the Ministry of Culture that is restructuring the different departments under its supervision. The director of the Oficina de Patrimonio Monumental, Cesar Ivan Feris Iglesias announced his office would work in coordination with city governments in the many municipalities to create regulatory plans for all the cities. He said that cities have to be seen as a whole, and that there are no reasons to consider historic centers as isolated parts. He said he would work in coordination with the schools of architecture at the Dominican universities to prepare plans to assist in the organizing of the cities.
