History of Trujillo’s house in Najayo

The “House of Ivory”, A two-story building ordered by the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo On the shores of Najayo Beach in San Cristobal to meet people who had close ties to the dictator. It went from being a country house to a local division and later a haven for some homeless people.

The building is divided into two parts; One was the bedroom Trujillo The other was the place where he kept his guests. It has six bedrooms and a dressing room, living room, front room, multiple terraces and balconies, an utility room, a continuous gallery, a small office, spacious corridors, back and front patio, tank and well.

Juan de la Cruz, a historian at the School of History and Anthropology at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (USST), says it would be good to use the space to create. “That house is the opposite of what it is, far from the nature in which it was built.”

De la Cruz believes that the creation of a museum on the site would mean “a monument to terrorism and hatred” and that it could be restored as an independent space and in support of the rights of citizens, reflecting the initiative on other assets. Dictator in other provinces of the country.

History

“I just came here Trujillo With their wives and some of the characters who enjoyed their respect and belonged to their closest circle of friends, ”one woman commented in a low voice. Free magazine During the tour of the house, you can see a part of the Caribbean coast.

The elders of the place tell the story of who went.House of Ivory”And what, as far as they could see, the place was covered with large stones so they knew what was going on there.

Monday, May 30, marks the 61st anniversary of the tyrant’s massacre. The boats did not come close to shore.

“My father had the right to enter farms Trujillo My mother used the yellow swabs they used to clean up camps and other public places to look for the raw material for sugarcane plants planted along the beach, ”says Nicholas Gillan. Najayo, San Cristobal.

She explained how she and her brothers are in charge of weaving the ropes that her mother sweeps. In addition, he said, the dictator would pay for their services and allow them to cut materials for making brooms and sell them in support of the house.

Guilon maintained it from the house tank Trujillo People gave themselves water only when the caretaker was empowered to open the door. Once closed no one can approach the house or the beach.

The 75-year-old recalled during his story that there was a private road parallel to the main street, which was used only by people. Trujillo Go to Hacienda Maria (another property owned by the dictator) located in Nico in that province in the south of the country.

In Hacienda María, six of those executed Trujillo; Luis Manuel Cáceres Michel, Pedro Livio Cedeo, Salvador Estrella Sadhalá, Roberto Pastoriza Nret, Modesto Diaz Quezada and Huiscar Tejada Pimentel.

Walking on the beach

The well-known Najo beach has a kind of breakwater, which is actually part of the physical structure of the pavement that the former president built to enjoy the beach “with his ladies”, creating a natural pool with a bridge lights and rails. Walk on it.

César Lugo Váldez, Civil Defense Operations Officer நஜயோ“Part of the bridge at the bottom of the ocean is still intact and can even be identified when the beams holding the lights are in place,” he promises.

Lugo has been doing diving activities at the beach for over 20 years நஜயோ Also there is a staircase after reaching the beach to the house, but over time it gets worse, and explains that there are only “a few steps”.

There was a public bathroom with three seats on the side of the beach, one bathroom and two half baths used for the dictator’s visit while bathing on the beach. According to Lugo, part of the plateau can be found between the sands of the spa.

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