Romana

Romana is a city located in Dominican Republic, to a hundred kilometers in the west of the capital Saint-Domingue. It is the chief town of the province of the same name and gathers more half of the population of this one.

It at the time owes its name with a large beam balance which was used at the 16th century to weigh the goods forwarding by this port, important.

In the surroundings, Violas of Chavon, village of Italian style of the 16th century, perched on a cliff, dominating Rio Chavon and Casa of Campo, go billionaires, of which several have their residence there.

Demography

Third city of the country of many inhabitants:

1981: 91.571
1993 : 140.200
2004 : 171.500

Economy

Romana was built to place the workers of the sugar plantations. Currently, she sees developing tourist installations. She has a international Aéroport.

The monthly average wages of these workmen are of 5000 pesos Dominican (DOP) that is to say approximately 103 euros.

Events

Louis de Bourbon, regarded by the Legitimist S as legitimate successor of kings de France and Navarre under the name of Louis XX, celebrated with Altos of Chavon, its marriage with María Margarita Vargas there Santaella saturdays November 6th 2004.

External bond

tourist Official site

Le prince Louis de Bourbon, duke of Anjou, is married there saturdays November 6th 2004 at 7 p.m. (local time), in the Saint-Stanislas church (located in the district Altos of Chavón ) with doña Margarita de Vargas, resulting from a rich person family vénézuélienne. The chief of the house of France was in uniform of baillif Grand Cross of the Ordre of Malta (rank reserved to the Heads of States) and carried the cord and the plate of the Ordre of the Holy Spirit, of which he is the 19th sovereign large-Master as a successor of kings de France. Among the few 1500 guests with the ceremony, were the prince François de Bourbon (1943-), duke of Seville (3rd heir apparent to prince Louis), his brother the prince Alphonse of Bourbon (1945-) and their cousin the prince Charles-Emmanuel of Bourbon, prince de Parme, as well as the current president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández, the French former minister for justice Jean Foyer and the TV hosts Thierry Ardisson and Stephan Bern. After its honeymoon the royal couple will settle with Caracas, where Mgr the duke of Anjou will occupy of high positions in the bank which his/her father-in-law directs, which will enable him to touch a very high remuneration by providing a minimum of work compatible with its obligations mondaines. -->

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