Altos de Chavón is an ancient Mediterranean-type villa built on a height above the Chavón River, in La Romana, Dominican Republic. It is home to a Cultural Center, the National Archaeological Museum, and the so-called City of Artists. It also has a Remarkable Amphitheater. Its construction began in 1976 when it was necessary to blow up a mountain of stone to open a road. Charles Bludhorn, president of an American company, had the idea of using the stones to build a 16th-century Mediterranean village. Popular rumor says that he made it to give it to her daughter for her birthday, but she, who frequently lives in Altos de Chavón, denies this version. The construction was entrusted to the Italian Roberto Coppa who reflected a medieval Italian city. The Chavón River, over which the city has a magnificent panoramic view, was the setting chosen for the recording of some famous films. Currently the town receives thousands of daily visits from tourists displaced from Punta Cana. Altos del Chavón has a design school, in which we will find Fashion, Graphic and Digital Design, Fine Arts and Illustration.
