Juan Ponce de Leon Dominican Museum
Category
Museums
Address
Casa de Ponce de Leon, Av Libertad, Dominican Republic
Phones
+1 809 551 0118
Working hours
From Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
How to get
20 minutes drive from Bayahibe and La Romana and 40 minutes from Punta Cana.
The cost of the visit
Is free.
The Juan Ponce de Leon Museum in Punta Cana is dedicated to the Castilian colonizer, the conqueror of the island of Puerto Rico and the discoverer of Florida. The museum is located in de Leon's fortress house, built in such a way that the thick walls of the house protected its owner from attacks by the local Tain tribe.
The house was renovated in 1970. Now a collection of antique furniture is on display here, as well as numerous antiquities found in the Punta Cana area.
In the museum you can learn interesting facts from the life of Juan Ponce de Leon, who was governor of the Dominican Republic from 1509 to 1513, was close to King Ferdinand the Catholic and was friends with Christopher Columbus.
