The group was then led along Calle Las Damas, the first cobblestone street in the New World. The historic sites along the way were interesting, especially the National Pantheon. In 1958, Dictator Rafael Trujillo converted an eighteenth-century Jesuit church and convent into the National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic. The remains of over 40 heroes and famous Dominicans are interred within the Panteón Nacional. Behind the presidential honor guard is an eternal flame encased in a marble mosaic.
