This is a list of the preserved Colonial buildings in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas. According to UNESCO, the city is home to the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas and the headquarters of the first university in the Americas (Church and Convent of los Dominicos), it is home to the first European stone house in the Americas and probably the first two-story (Casa del Cordón), the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas (Walls of Santo Domingo), the first and oldest cathedral in the Americas (Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor), the first monastery in the New World (Monastery of San Francisco)