[1] It was built between 1502–1508[2] by the Spanish at the entrance to Santo Domingo's Ciudad Colonial, Dominican Republic, and overlooking the Ozama River.

An impressive architectural structure of medieval style and design, the Tower of Homage (Spanish: Torre del Homenaje) stands in the center of the grounds.

The castle was designed to guard the entrance to the port of Santo Domingo and defend the city from seaborne enemies.

In 1965, in the month of April, the Patriotic War broke out, led by a group of soldiers and the people, electing Colonel Francisco Caamano as Constitutional President of the Republic on May 4.

During the Government of Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deño, the Ozama Fortress ceased to be a military compound by Law No.

11 of President Caamaño, being converted into a public place, with the name of Plaza de la Constitución, Law contained in the Official Gazette No.

The statue was imported from Salamanca, Spain in 1977, and was made by the artist Joaquín Vaquero Turcio[4][3] The central tower of the building is 18-meter high, with walls 2-meter thick.