The Italian Legacy in the Dominican Republic

THE ITALIAN LEGACY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

300

Carlos Ernesto del Castillo Valle (January 13, 1958).

Università degli Studi di Roma 1981 - 1983. Del

Castillo Valle studied urban and regional planning, later working on several projects with Pablo Mella and

Rafael Bisonó. He has devoted his professional career to private construction and public works through

his firm Constructora Del Castillo CxA. He was an advisor to the Dominican Ministry of Culture from

2000 to 2004.

Ninouska Nova (June 2, 1958

). Università degli Studi di Roma 1983 - 1984, with a specialization in urban

planning applied to metropolitan areas. She has had a prolific international career as an architect and interior

designer.

Julia Vicioso (May 19, 1961).

Università degli Studi di Roma: Master’s degree in Restoration (1987 - 1990).

Professors: Sandro Benedetti and Giuseppe Zander. She graduated from UNPHU with a degree in Architec-

ture in 1983, submitting a final thesis on the History of Architecture. Post-graduate research degree in conser-

vation of architectural assets from the Facoltà di Architettura, dipartimento di Storia, Restauro e Conservazi-

one Architettonica. Professors: Giorgio Torraca, Arnaldo Bruschi and Giovanni Carbonara. Specialization in

stone materials at the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR), Rome (1996-1997). Professors: Gisela Capponi

and Antonella Mezzagora. Member of the Council of the ICCROM and of the Council of the Medici Archive

Project, Florence. Master’s and doctorate degrees in History and Conservation of Monuments at La Sapienza

University, and at the Vatican School of Paleography and Archives and at the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro

in Rome. Thesis: Basilica San Giovanni dei Fiorentini. Awards: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Founda-

tion-Latin America and Caribbean Fellow New York in the Humanities category; Istituto Italo-Latinoameri-

cano; Samuel H. Kress Post-Graduate Research Fellowship and Ministerio per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali.

She is a member of the Medici Archive Project, the Renaissance Society of America; Italian Art Society, the

Roma nel Rinascimento, ICOMOS and ICOM. She currently holds a diplomatic position at the United Nations

Agencies in Rome.

Mauricia Domínguez (September 22, 1962).

Università degli Studi di Firenze, Centro Studi Restauro

Monumenti e Centri Storici, 1986, Collegio degli Ingegneri della Toscana campus. Italian Language Course

for Foreigners in Perugia. She worked on restoration of a citrus greenhouse in Florence. Current president of

the Dominican DoCoMoMo, she has been an instructor at several schools of architecture in the Dominican

Republic, and is the author of several design and restoration projects. She is a researcher and associate editor

at the journal

Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana

, and director of research at the School of Architecture and Arts

at UNPHU.

Lil Guerrero (February 24, 1957).

Università degli Studi di Firenze, Centro Studi Restauro Monumenti e

Centri Storici, 1988. Collegio degli Ingegneri della Toscana campus. Italian Language Course for Foreigners in

Apartments in the area

surrounding the Hotel

Ambassador Polo

Field, designed by

Atilio León, c. 1976.

Luis Moré