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Did anyone else notice the article about the new Luperon museum in Puerto Plata? Gregorio's birthplace home was torn down, and reconstructed, and now houses a museum.

Wonderful. I always thought it was a neat house to restore.

And all for "just" 90 million pesos..

90 million pesos.

90 million pesos.

What in the world was 90 million pesos spent on? The structure itself couldn't have been more than 10 million, at best.

1. New Luperon Museum in Puerto Plata
Yesterday, Thursday 28 June, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated several projects in Puerto Plata province including the General Gregorio Luperon Museum. The house where the historic general lived was restored and turned into a museum at a cost of RD$90 million. Gregorio Luperon (8 September 1839 n 21 May 1897) is recognized as the main leader in the restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spanish annexation in 1863. The annexation occurred when General Pedro Santana fearing renewed attack from Haiti, asked Spain to retake control of the country. The Dominican Republic had declared independence from Haiti in 1844.

The President said during the inaugural that the Dominican Republic was one of the few countries in the continent that after having achieved independence went on to have another revolution, the War of Restoration, in which General Luperon played a leading role.

The President was accompanied by the Administrative Minister of the Presidency Luis Manuel Bonetti, the president of the Permanent Commission of the Declaration of Independence Juan Daniel Balcacer and the governor of Puerto Plata Eridania Llibre Jimenez.