Religious
The country has several Catholic religious festivals marked in the calendar year and are non-working days for Dominicans:
1 January: New Year
January 6: Epiphany King’s Day
January 21: Day of the “Virgin of La Altagracia”
Mobile date according to the liturgical calendar: Easter
Mobile date according to the liturgical calendar: Corpus Christi
September 24: Day of “Virgin of Mercy”
December 25: Christmas
Across the country will find nice churches to visit each characterized by being different from the others and bear the heat of the people that represent it. Also, the Dominican Republic has the honor of having the first cathedral of the New World located in the city of Santo Domingo.
In addition to the number of churches across the country, worth a visit certain cathedrals in the following destinations:
Baní
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rule
Barahona
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
La Vega
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Mao – Monte Cristi
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Higuey (Catedral Basilica Menor)
Basílica Cathedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia
Puerto Plata
Cathedral of St. Philip the Apostle
San Francisco de Macorís
Cathedral of St. Ann
San Juan de la Maguana
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
San Pedro de Macoris
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle
Santiago de los Caballeros
Cathedral of St. James the Apostle
Santo Domingo (Cathedral Basilica Menor)
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation (First Cathedral of the Americas)


