Underwater Living Museum

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Discover an artificial reef in front of Dominicus beach, created by the castaway Captain William Kidd, where its deepest waters lie.

caraAdjust your oxygen tank and venture out to the crystal-clear waters of Museo Vivo en el Mar. If you watcehed the documentary "Expedition Week" on National Geographic TV, then you surely know the history of the Captain William Kidd shipwreck, a Scottish sailor who lived in the late seventeenth century, and a Captain commissioned to serve the king hunting pirate ships.67 sub caballo blanco anclas Now you can dive into what remains of his wreckage, the Merchant Cara, sunken in the waters of Catalina Island over 300 years ago, and abandoned by Captain Kidd in 1699.
Treasures remain hidden along its decks, engine room and barrels of its almighty cannons.  The richest gamut of marine life has made this archeological treasure their new habitat.

Saint George shipwreck, a 80 meter cargo ship of 170 feet located on the reef next to Dominicus Beach; and the reenactment of the Our Lady of Guadalupe shipwreck, on the cannon site of Guaraguao reefs cannot be left out of your itinerary.

Underwater Living Museums
A system of underwater archaeological preserves on the southeast of the Dominican Republic, whose main purpose is the protection of the area's biodiversity and it biological resourses, underiming all threats to circumventing reef systemst1-ship. Once rescued and studied, findings are returned back to the bottom of the ocean, where they are displayed in their original form, with the purpose of creating a subaqua archeological reserve. 
The initiative to make the archaeological findings of this stretch of the Caribbean Sea into specialized protected areas is possible thanks to the collaboration of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the University of Indiana, through its Department of Aquatic Studies.

 

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