Fiesta de la Restauracion Santiago

August 16 marks the Dominican national holiday commemorating the 1863 Restoration War, which ended Spain's brief re-annexation of the country; Santiago de los Caballeros, the Cibao valley's historic center of resistance, hosts the nation's most significant commemorative programming, anchored by its towering Monumento a los Heroes de la Restauracion.

August 16 stands as a Dominican national holiday commemorating the start of the 1863 Restoration War, the conflict that ended Spain's brief mid-nineteenth-century re-annexation of the Dominican Republic and restored the nation's independence, and Santiago de los Caballeros, as the Cibao valley's historic center of resistance during this conflict, hosts the country's most significant commemorative programming tied to this date.