🏛️ Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo

Panama · Americas · Cultural · 9.32°N, 80.00°W

The fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo are military constructions, built by the Spanish Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries on the Caribbean coastline of Colón Province in Panama. The ruins are located on the coast of the province of Colón. In view of their cultural importance, the sites have been inscribed by UNESCO in 1980 as a World Heritage Site under Criteria (i) and (iv), with the description, "Magnificent examples of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture, these Panamanian forts on the Caribbean coast form part of the defence system built by the Spanish Crown to protect transatlantic trade."

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Quick facts

Country	Panama
Continent / region	Americas
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	9.32°N, 80.00°W · view on map

Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo is a cultural World Heritage site in Panama, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Panama

Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo · Portobelo-San Lorenzo Fortifications · Coiba National Park · Darien National Park · The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá.

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