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| The Monument to the Restoration |
|  | CAPOTILLO - FACTS Capotillo is a small village in the north-western part of the Dominican Republic. The village is located very close to the Haitian Border and it was here, in 1863, a group of Dominicans led by Santiago Rodriguez crossed the border from Haiti into Dominican territory and raised the Dominican flag - signalling the beginning of a new war for independence from Spain.
Actually, Capotillo is mentioned in the national anthem of the Dominican Republic:
De la Guerra se vió en Capotillo, la bandera de fuego ondear… (One has seen in Capotillo in the war, the flag of fire wave…)
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| | MY VISIT I visited Capotillo in November 2006, but didn’t stay overnight. First my only purpose was to see ‘The Monument to the Restoration’ (read my tip), but it turned out that the area around Capotillo was really beautiful with mountains, forests, rivers and waterfalls, so it was a pleasant drive to get there.
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