Monumento de Santiago, Memorial monument in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

The Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración is a tower about 70 metres tall, partly clad in marble, on the 175-metre Castillo Hill. Its lower section is a rectangular building with four front columns and two dark arched doorways below a balustrade; above rises a square base carrying a round, tapering column with small openings spiralling up, topped by a domed lantern with a cross. Inside, a staircase of 365 steps leads to the top, and murals by the Spanish painter Vela Zanetti commemorate the Restoration.

Trujillo ordered the monument built in his own honour for the 1944 centennial of independence, and it was first called El Monumento a la Paz de Trujillo. Construction ran from 1944 to 1952, and Vice President Joaquín Balaguer inaugurated it on 30 September 1953. After Trujillo's assassination in 1961 it was renamed, on the initiative of deputy Mario Abréu Penzo, for the heroes of the 1863–1865 Restoration War.

Inside the tower, murals by the Spanish painter Vela Zanetti commemorate the Restoration, and a museum presents the heroes of the Restoration War, among them Gregorio Luperón and Santiago Rodríguez. On 1 January people gather at the foot of the tower for the 'cañonazo' and New Year greetings, and in February the grounds are decorated for the Dominican carnival.

The monument stands on Castillo Hill, which marks the eastern edge of Santiago's flat plain and reaches 175 m above sea level. Inside, a staircase of 365 steps climbs to the top; the sources do not mention a lift. The surrounding park and the hilltop are where santiagueros gather to look over the city.

The monument stands on Cerro del Castillo, a hill 175 metres above sea level that marks the eastern edge of Santiago's flat plain, the site the city moved to after the 1562 earthquake destroyed Jacagua. Inside, a staircase of 365 steps climbs to the top, and murals by the Spanish painter Vela Zanetti line the interior.