claim: Sacre-Coeur, Paris is publicly dedicated to a cult.
evidence: The Dominican people and their customs have origins consisting predominately in a European cultural basis , with both African and native Taino influences .. Dominican people. People of the Dominican Republic. European cultural basis. European culture. African. Black people. Taino. Taino. The Dominican Republic was the site of the first European settlement in the New World , namely Santo Domingo , founded in 1493 .. Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic. European settlement. European colonization of the Americas. Santo Domingo. Captaincy General of Santo Domingo. Shortly after the arrival of Europeans , African peoples were imported to the island to serve as slave labor .. African. Black people. The fusion of European , African and Taino traditions and customs contributed to the development of present-day Dominican culture .. African. Black people